Implementing Tiny Home Regulation In Colorado
I have been monitoring the Colorado TAC calls that are discussing the implementation of HB22-1242. The rule-making will affect manufacturers in Colorado and out-of-state manufacturers that ship to the state of Colorado.
In a nutshell, the state is creating a legal path for tiny homes on wheels that will be built for long-term residency that will be hooked up to utilities and be on a permanent or temporary foundation.
To help everyone get up to speed and follow the process, I have consolidated a lot of the information on this page, which I will keep adding to.
The beginning of the calls are open to the public.
Relevant Documents And Videos Scroll Down For The Following:
- HB22-1242 Bill Summary
- HB22=1242
- Administrative Rules
- C.R.S. 24-32-3301C.R.S. 24-32-3301
- Videos Of TAC Calls
- 11/29/22 PDF Of Schedule
- Public Notice:How To Attend The Calls
Note: Before you attend the calls, it is important to review the documents that are included here that Mo refers to on the TAC calls. On the Dec. 6th, 2022, Mo announced that on future calls, they will stay focused on the agenda, and they will not be able to stop and educate everyone or answer questions that have already been addressed.
Do You Want To Attend The Calls?
Please send an email to Samuel W. Albrecht to be included on the list of contacts that will receive notifications of the TAC calls. Sam is attending and facilitating the calls with Mo.
Samuel W. Albrecht
Director,Office Of Regulatory Oversight
Colorado Department Of Housing
Division of Housing
HB22-1242 Bill Summary
Colorado law regulates the manufacturers, sellers, and installers of manufactured homes. This regulation includes requirements for the installation of manufactured homes, contract and disclosure requirements, and the registration, escrow, reimbursement, bonding, and inspections of the manufacturers, installers, and sellers. In addition, the state housing board (board) sets standards for the proper manufacture and installation of manufactured homes. The board consults with an advisory committee when promulgating rules.
The act adds tiny homes, which are typically manufactured, to this regulation on substantially similar terms. This includes adding 2 representatives of the tiny home industry to the advisory committee. The board is given the duty to regulate foundations for manufactured homes, tiny homes, and factory-built structures where no construction standards otherwise exist. Manufacturers are required to meet bonding and escrow requirements, and standards are set for payment from the bond or escrow account.
Announcement From Maulid Miskell
Maulid Miskell, who asks everyone to call him Mo, is the Deputy Division Director of Colorado Department Of Local Affairs
Colorado HB 22-1242
Administrative Rules
C.R.S. 24-32-3301
- Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated
- Title 24 . Government – State (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-115-118)
- Principal Departments (Arts. 30 — 36)
- Article 32 .Department of Local Affairs (Pts. 1 — 36)
- Part 33 . Regulation of Factory-Built Structures, Multi-Family Structures Where No Standards Exist, Manufactured Home Installations, And sellers of Manufactured Homes (§§ 24-32-3301 — 24-32-3329)
24-32-3301. Legislative declaration.
(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that mobile homes, manufactured housing, and factory-built structures are important and effective ways to meet Colorado’s affordable housing needs. The general assembly further finds and declares that, because of the housing crisis in Colorado, there is a need to promote the affordability and accessibility of new manufactured homes and factory-built structures. The general assembly encourages local governments to enact ordinances and rules that effectively treat factory-built structures certified through the state program and manufactured housing certified through the federal program the same as site-built homes. The general assembly further finds, determines, and declares that:
(c) The protection of Colorado consumers who purchase manufactured homes or tiny homes from fraud and other unfair business practices is a matter of statewide concern and consumers can best be protected by:
(2) The general assembly further declares that in enacting this part 33, it is the intent of the general assembly that the division establish, through the board, rules as it deems necessary to ensure:
History
Source: L. 2003:Entire part added, p. 532, § 2, effective March 5. L. 2007:(3) added, p. 434, § 1, effective August 3. L. 2021:IP(1), (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c)(II), (1)(e), (2)(a), (2)(d), and (3) amended and (4) added,(HB 21-1019), ch. 122, p. 465, § 1, effective September 7. L. 2022:IP(1), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(e), (2)(b), (2)(c), (2)(d), and (3) amended and (1)(f) and (2)(e) added,(HB 22-1242), ch. 172, p. 1116, § 1, effective August 10.
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Dec. 6th, 2022
Jan. 17, 2023
Colorado State Housing Board
Scroll Down To 2022 Meeting Notices And Agendas
Colorado Department Of Local Affairs
I will keep adding to this page, stay tuned.
Eric Fried's Review Of The ITHP
Janet Thome's Suggestions
The Battle For Tiny Houses
There has been a secret standards war raging in the undercurrents of the tiny house industry that I will not be silent about anymore. For almost two years I have written with diplomacy and tried to take the high road no matter what was going on. There is too much at stake to be silent now. We have been fought by both corporate and special interest groups.
Both the Tiny Home Industry ( THIA) and the International Code Council (ICC ) who are intertwined on the same board and committee worked to disrupt the approval of the ASTM Tiny House Committee with unfounded claims of duplication that stalled the final approval for a year and resulted in not being able to meet the Colorado deadline for standards.
Learn More
While the ASTM tiny houses committee was stalled, THIA and ICC came out with two publications, the Tiny House Model Legislation and the 2021 International Tiny House Provisions ( ITHP) that both THIA and ICC can sell.
The Publication Was Back-Dated To 2021
Note: It is important to note that the publication was back-dated to 2021 and the standards that are being promoted, ICCMB1 1200 and 1205 are American standards. They have removed all tiny house terminology after the disapproval at the 2024 hearing with the notion that tiny houses are ”inclusive”. The publication came out 6 days before the ICC/ASTM COTCO hearing addressing the duplication claim of ICC that objected to the COTCO approval of a new ASTM tiny house committee to develop and maintain standards specific to tiny houses. The main basis of the duplication claim was based on the two ICC/MBI standards 1200 ad 1205 that have removed all tiny house terms from the scope of the committee, the scope of the standards, and the body of the standards.
Why Is ICC Pushing Movable Tiny Houses Into Trailer Parks?
The ITHP includes provisions from the International Residential Code (IRC) with corresponding commentary; HUD manufactured housing standards that apply for movable tiny houses; ICC/MBI Standard 1200 and ICC/MBI Standard 1205 when tiny houses are constructed off-site; and model legislation for jurisdictions to ensure the safe and resilient deployment of tiny houses within their communities.
Tiny House Alliance USA Editor
Dec. 9th, 2022
The Future Of Tiny Is Now!
Janet Thome Founder And President
ja***@ti******************.org
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