Prop 123 in Otero County
Since 2023, 12 Prop 123 awards have reached Otero County, worth about $4.3M here. That is $244 per resident, the 14th highest of Colorado's 64 counties.
Where it is
Otero County in red, with the rest of the Southeast Plains region shaded.
What the money does here
- Build affordable rentals$3.6M
Low-cost loans and equity for new and preserved rental homes, supportive housing and modular home factories.
- Help families own$510K
Homes for sale, down payment help, home repairs and resident-owned mobile home communities.
- Keep people housed$32K
Emergency rental assistance, homelessness services, youth housing and tenancy support.
- Plan for future homes$148K
Land banking, predevelopment and local planning so communities can build more.
9 of these awards serve several counties. Their dollars, homes and households are split evenly among those counties in the totals above.
Awards reaching Otero County
Largest first, at their full amount.
- The OsborneSupportive Housing · FY24 · Tri-County Housing Inc. d/b/a Total Concept$2.8M30 homes
- NeighborWorks Southern Colorado 2-year DPA Program Year 2Down Payment Assistance (DPA) · FY24 · NeighborWorks Southern Colorado · shared by 10 counties$1.2M45 homes
- NeighborWorks Southern Colorado 2-year DPA Program Year 1Down Payment Assistance (DPA) · FY24 · NeighborWorks Southern Colorado · shared by 10 counties$1.2M45 homes
- SECRHA Scattered-Site 2025Homeownership · FY26 · Southeast Colorado Regional Housing Authority (SECRHA) · shared by 6 counties$1.0M14 homes
- The OsbornLIHTC Gap · FY24 · Tri-County Housing, Inc. dba Total Concept$800K30 homes
- Crowley RegionalLPC Incentive · FY26 · shared by 4 counties$450K
- SECED/SECRHA DPA 2025Down Payment Assistance (DPA) · FY26 · Southeast Colorado Enterprise Development, Inc. (SECED) · shared by 6 counties$385K7 homes
- Crowley RegionalLocal Planning Capacity (LPC) · FY25 · shared by 7 counties$250K
- 2024 Total Concept SFOOSingle Family Owner Occupied (SFOO) · FY25 · Tri-County Housing, Inc. d/b/a Total Concept · shared by 4 counties$130K6 homes
- Otero County Health DepartmentHomelessness Resolution Program (HRP) · FY26 · shared by 4 counties$80K15 households
- Arkansas Valley Resource Center, Inc.Homelessness Resolution Program (HRP) · FY24 · shared by 3 counties$15K92 households
- CERA: Otero CountyColorado Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) · FY25$6.9K2 households
Local promises
These 5 local governments in Otero County committed to adding 176 affordable homes by the end of 2026, so they can use Prop 123 money.
- La JuntaCity97 homes
- Otero County39 homes
- Rocky FordCity33 homes
- ManzanolaTown6 homes
- CherawTown1 homes