Two bobcats moving through a golden autumn forest — Bobcat Ridge, Nederland, Colorado
Established 2013 · Nederland · Boulder County · Colorado

Housing the people who make our mountains home.

Mountain Housing Assistance builds, manages, and stewards affordable and workforce housing for Colorado's mountain communities — designed with integrity, built to last.

Our Mission

A vibrant, healthy mountain community cannot exist without the people who teach in our schools, work in our restaurants, provide our public services, play in our mountains, and care for our community.

Established in 2013, Mountain Housing Assistance creates integrated, mixed-income communities — combining workforce housing, federally funded affordable housing, local housing assistance, market-rate homes, and mixed-use commercial space — each one strategically designed to support the values of the community it serves.

Aerial view west over Nederland, Colorado, with Barker Reservoir below the snow-capped Continental Divide

Nederland, Colorado — the mountain town Bobcat Ridge is built to serve.

Why This, Why Now

Nederland is at an inflection point.

~3% Nederland Rental Vacancy · Current Estimate

Nederland's rental vacancy is currently estimated near 3% — a highly compressed market with limited options across every income band.

48th Colorado Housing Affordability · 2025 Scorecard

Colorado ranks 48th in the nation for housing affordability — near the worst — and is the third-most-expensive state to live overall.

Eldora Town-Acquired Workforce Catalyst

With the Town of Nederland's recent acquisition of Eldora Mountain Resort, the workforce-housing question is no longer hypothetical — it is operational.

13 Years Serving Mountain Communities · Est. 2013

Founded in 2013, MHA brings thirteen years of community engagement, design, study, and partnership to every project it advances.

Featured Project

Bobcat Ridge

Eighteen acres adjacent to the Town of Nederland. A six-parcel plan designed with the community, ten years in the making, and ready to move — pending annexation and the right partner.

Bobcat Ridge weaves together a 6,000 SF early-childhood education center, 22 housing-assistance apartments, 18 LIHTC-eligible affordable apartments, 40 market-rate townhomes, a preserved old-growth conservation forest, and a multi-use pedestrian path along Eldora Road — the forest and the path each offered to the Town of Nederland for one dollar, as separate conveyances.

Wolff Lyon schematic site plan of Bobcat Ridge — development envelope, conservation forest, and trail corridor along Eldora Road

Bobcat Ridge in context — connecting Nederland Middle/High School, the downtown area, and the extensive West Magnolia trails system.

An Open Invitation

If you serve, fund, or care about
this mountain community —
we'd like to talk.

We are actively seeking a partnership with the Town of Nederland on the Bobcat Ridge project, and we welcome conversations with Boulder County, qualified developers, housing-mission investors, and residents who want to help.