Boulder Housing Partners

Researcher's note: The Housing Authority of the City of Boulder, a state-law housing authority (C.R.S. 29-4 part 2); the city's own event-series page for it is an empty stub.

Legal basis

• C.R.S. 29-4-205 · governs · Appointment of commissioners source source
• C.R.S. 29-4-209 · governs · Powers of authority source
• BRC 2-3-19 · governs · Resident Commissioner for the Housing Authority source source
• Ordinance No. 7218 (2002) (2002) · governs source
• Council Procedure, XIII Council Member Appointments · governs source

Appointed by

Mayor. The mayor appoints the commissioners (state law allows up to nine), including one council member; the Resident Commissioner is not appointed but is the President of BHP's Resident Representative Council, designated by BRC 2-3-19. source source source source as of 2026-10-29

How

Vacant commissioner seats are filled in the city's annual boards and commissions recruitment (BHP applicants appear on the council's eligible-applicant list as 'Housing Authority-Boulder Housing Partners'); the mayor makes the appointments and they are announced at a council meeting in March. State law has the mayor file a certificate of each appointment with the city clerk. · annual, with the March boards and commissions appointments · council is notified at a council meeting (Council Procedure XIII); C.R.S. 29-4-205(3)(c) conditions appointments on council confirmation unless council has changed the method under subsection (6). The 2026 appointments appear in the table approved by council's 9:0 motion of March 5, 2026. source source source source source source source as of 2026-03-05

Seats

9 source source as of 2026-10-29

Seat types

• Commissioners appointed by the mayor ×7 at-large
• City Council member (mayoral appointment) ×1 council-member
• Resident Commissioner: President of the Resident Representative Council, elected by residents; votes only on public housing and Section 8 matters ×1 designated

source source source source source as of 2026-10-29

Term

5 years (Resident Commissioner: for as long as the person is President of the Resident Representative Council) source source source as of 2026-10-29

Term limit

none set in C.R.S. 29-4-205 or BRC 2-3-19; commissioners are reappointed (two sitting commissioners with five years on the board sought reappointment in 2026); a commissioner holds office until a successor is appointed source source source as of 2026-03-05

Staggering

Staggered five-year terms: state law has the appointing authority stagger terms so that, as far as possible, an equal number end each year; BRC 2-3-19 refers to 'the five-year staggered terms served by other Housing Authority Commissioners'. In 2026 three seats came up for appointment. source source source as of 2026-02-11

Powers

decision-making. Decides: Governs the city's housing authority, a body corporate and politic under state law: develops, owns, finances and operates affordable housing and runs the federal voucher programs (e.g. it adopts its own debt and line-of-credit resolutions).. To council: Nothing routinely; it helps implement city housing policy. The mayor appoints its commissioners and council is notified; a council member sits on the board. source source source source source as of 2026-03

Council liaison

Mark Wallach (2026-01-22) source source

Staff liaison

Boulder Housing Partners (the authority's own staff, led by its Executive Director); not a city department · Jeremy Durham source as of 2026-02-11

Relations

• Mayor appoints Boulder Housing Partners source source
• City Council member of Boulder Housing Partners · one council member serves as a commissioner (mayoral appointment) council appoints a member to this outside body (2026 assignments): Wallach (mayoral appointment; Wallach resigned July 2026) source source source

History

• 1966 · created · Boulder establishes the Housing Authority of the City of Boulder, later known as Boulder Housing Partners. source
• 2002 · transitioned · Ordinance No. 7218 adds BRC 2-3-19, making the President of the Resident Representative Council the Resident Commissioner. source