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How to Support Affordable Homes With Your Ballot this November

On November 4 – election day 2025 – Coloradans will vote for mayors, city council members, school board members, and local policies. Voters in Denver and Littleton will see ballot measures that will directly impact housing and community growth. 

In this post, we are sharing information about these ballot issues, and how they will impact our neighbors and neighborhoods. We review ballot initiatives with one unified goal – to increase affordable homeownership in Metro Denver and ensure more families have a safe, affordable place to call home.

And the affordable housing crisis in Colorado is only growing more urgent. 51% of renters and 21% of homeowners in Colorado are cost-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. And 84% of Coloradans agree – rising housing costs are an extremely serious problem.  

Read on to see how your vote could impact affordable homes.

Denver Voters: Ballot measures 2A-2E support vital infrastructure and community investments 

The Vibrant Denver Bond initiative will appear on Denver ballots this November as measures 2A-2E. These measures represent an infrastructure investment plan that aims to improve essential city services and facilities without raising taxes.

Ballot measures 2A–2E will fund over 200 infrastructure upgrades across Denver, including roads, parks, libraries, shelters, and cultural institutions. Here’s a breakdown of each measure:

  • 2A – Transportation: Safer, more efficient streets and intersections across Denver.
  • 2B – Parks & Rec: Renovated pools, playgrounds, and new facilities like a skate park and rec center.
  • 2C – Health Services: Funding for clinics and support centers serving families and children.
  • 2D – Libraries & Facilities: Upgrades to branches and a new combined library-housing project.
  • 2E – Housing & Shelters: Improvements to shelters and funding for affordable housing development.

The measure was approved by Denver’s city council in early August and has been endorsed by dozens of Metro Denver housing organizations. We believe that this ballot measure provides important, additional funding and offers an effective solution to one of our community’s most urgent problems.  

Why we’re for it:

At Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, we proudly support initiatives that strengthen the overall health, equity, and infrastructure of the City of Denver—where many of our construction and repair projects take place. Our work is deeply intersectional, and we believe these measures will positively impact the communities we serve by addressing critical housing and development needs.

These initiatives represent meaningful progress toward a more inclusive and resilient Denver, and we’re excited to see how these community investments will benefit neighborhoods and quality of life across the city.

Attention Littleton voters: Charter amendment 3A limits housing flexibility

Littleton Voters will decide this fall whether to adopt Charter Amendment 3A, a proposal that would solidify the city’s residential land use laws as they existed on January 1, 2025 into the city charter.

We believe that Charter Amendment 3A would create challenges for future city planning and limit the city’s ability to build affordable homes that are vital for community growth.

Why we’re voting no on 3A:

  1. To protect housing options and affordability. Voting NO helps keep Littleton’s neighborhoods flexible and inclusive. Amendment 3A would freeze current land use rules indefinitely, making it harder to adapt to future housing needs and limiting options like duplexes and townhomes—key solutions for affordability.
  2. To keep city planning responsive and efficient. A NO vote ensures land use decisions stay in the hands of local leaders and community input—not locked into the city charter. Amendment 3A would politicize zoning by embedding it in Littleton’s equivalent of a constitution, making future updates slow, expensive, and difficult.
  3. To include all residents in the conversation. Voting NO supports a more inclusive process. Amendment 3A would require notifications only to property owners, leaving renters and other residents out of important decisions that affect their neighborhoods.

Make Your Voice Count

This November with each local election make sure that you are registered to vote – Colorado makes it easy to check! Visit GoVoteColorado.gov to see your registration status and to register if you haven’t already. Voters must register online or by mail by Monday, October 27, 2025. You can also register in-person on election day, Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

Here are some important voting deadlines: 

  • Early voting from Monday, October 15th TO Friday, November 2nd.
  • Mail-in ballots must be received by no later than 7:00 PM MST on election day. If you are not sure if your ballot will arrive in time, drop it off in person.
  • In-person voting Tuesday, November 4, 2025, from 7:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST

 

To find where your local Polling Location and Drop Box is, please click here. And if you would like to track your ballot, please visit BallotTrax here.

 Vote 411 is another great resource to learn about what is on your ballot. This site simplifies the language used on ballot measures that may be confusing. 

 Thank you for voting in local elections this fall! Please remember that your voice matters, and please use it to make an impact on your community!
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