Ouray County’s first low-income housing complex is under construction. Listen above for more.
This story is part of a collaboration between the Solutions Journalism Network and Rocky Mountain Community Radio reporters highlighting affordable housing solutions across the Mountain West.
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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.