Project Overview
Boulder Mod is a factory that will produce permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for community members through a unique partnership. A modular home is a prefabricated building fully constructed and finished in a factory and then delivered to its location. The modules can be either a standalone unit or placed side-by-side, end-to-end, or stacked, allowing for a variety of configurations and styles. Boulder Mod will be a 31,375 square foot metal building that houses assembly stations to construct modular homes. The purpose of the facility is to produce much needed affordable housing for Boulder Valley residents and workers while providing workforce training for BVSD students.
In 2017, the City of Boulder purchased the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park as part of the Ponderosa Community Stabilization Project which aims to minimize displacement, preserve long-term affordability, replace outdated infrastructure, reduce flood risk to the community and introduce new energy-efficient affordable housing options.
The existing manufactured homes at Ponderosa are old and in need of replacement. New modular homes produced through the Boulder Mod partnership are healthy, energy efficient and allow residents to build wealth. Homes produced in Boulder Mod and will be permanently affordable to extremely low-, low-, moderate-, and middle-income households. Boulder Mod is earmarked to build up to 73 new homes for Ponderosa residents in its first years.
The creation of a modular factory in Boulder is proposed through a partnership of the City of Boulder, Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) and Flatirons Habitat for Humanity (FHFH).
- The city provided staffing and funding to construct the factory and purchase the tools required to equip it.
- FHFH will be the certified manufacturer, manage the facility, procure materials and organize volunteers, homeowners and professional staff.
- BVSD will provide land for the factory and will use the operation as a teaching facility for its Technical Education Center (TEC) Construction class. Through this partnership, TEC students will be exposed to a broad view of the construction industry.