Housing Advisory Board

Legal basis

• BRC 2-3-24 · creates · Housing Advisory Board source
• Ordinance No. 8239 (2018) (2018) · creates source
• Ordinance No. 8313 (2019) (2019) · amends source
• Charter Sec. 130 · authorizes · General provisions concerning advisory commissions source

Appointed by

City Council. City Council appoints the seven voting members. The Planning Board and the housing technical review group each appoint one non-voting advisory member. source source

How

The city's annual boards and commissions recruitment (for 2026: applications December 8, 2025 to January 25, 2026; 15-minute Zoom interviews with one council member and board staff), then council nominations and votes at a regular meeting before April. On March 5, 2026 council approved the 2026 appointments (HAB among them), effective April 1, 2026. · annual (appointment in March, effective April 1) · City Council vote (2026: 9:0) source source source as of 2026-03-05

Seats

7 source

Seat types

• tenant (at least one, at the time of appointment) ×1 qualified
• homeowner (at least one, at the time of appointment) ×1 qualified
• other council-appointed members ×5 at-large
• Planning Board appointee, advisory without vote ×1 non-voting
• technical review group appointee, advisory without vote ×1 non-voting

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Term

5 years source

Term limit

none set in BRC 2-3-24; neither BRC 2-3-1 nor Charter Sec. 130 sets a limit, and members serve until their successors are appointed source source

Staggering

staggered so that no more than two terms expire in any one year (set when the board grew from five to seven in 2019) source

Powers

advisory. Decides: Nothing binding: it may not perform administrative functions or review land use cases under Title 9 unless council or the Planning Board asks. It holds a public hearing before any recommendation.. To council: Advises council and the city manager on housing issues, strategies, goals, policies, ordinances, funding priorities and programs, the housing impacts of city proposals, regional housing and state and federal advocacy. source source

Council liaison

not applicable: City Council does not assign council liaisons to city boards and commissions: its 2026 committee and board assignments list only intergovernmental bodies, internal council committees, outside local boards, Boulder Housing Partners, Chautauqua and sister cities, and council procedure bars members from speaking at board meetings unless council authorises it. source source

Staff liaison

Housing and Human Services (the city manager is secretary to the board) · Jay Sugnet, Tiffany Boller source source source source as of 2026-10-23

Relations

• City Council appoints Housing Advisory Board source
• Affordable Housing Technical Review Group liaison Housing Advisory Board · The technical review group appoints one non-voting advisory member. source
• Planning Board liaison Housing Advisory Board · The Planning Board appoints one non-voting advisory member (2026: Max Lord, 'Planning Board Liaison'). source
• Affordable Housing Technical Review Group member of Housing Advisory Board · appoints one advisory member without vote to the Housing Advisory Board (BRC 2-3-24(b)) source
• Housing Advisory Board recommends to City Council source
• Housing Advisory Board recommends to City Manager source
• Housing & Human Services staffs Housing Advisory Board · staff liaison and board secretary (the BRC makes the city manager secretary to the board) source source source

History

• 2018 · created · Ordinance 8239 (2018) added BRC 2-3-24, creating a five-member Housing Advisory Board. source
• 2019 · transitioned · Ordinance 8313 (2019) increased the board from five to seven members, with staggered terms. source