The cost of housing has been rising in the Roaring Fork Valley in Western Colorado. For some locals already dealing with housing insecurity, COVID-19 was a tipping point. Kathleen Shannon from KDNK in Carbondale reports on a new effort to connect those people to assistance. This story is part of a new collaboration focused on housing solutions in the Mountain West from the Rocky Mountain Community Radio collaborative.
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Some continue to push back on plans that include building employee housing and retail space for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
Gierau’s lesson learned: “Wyoming is pretty good at not over-regulating.”
The only housing advocacy group in the region, less than a decade old, hopes the creation of a new statewide organization will lead to more political influence in Cheyenne.