Affordable Housing

On this month's Municipal Matters we're exploring housing and affordability in the City of Rifle and checking in with Leadville after the election.

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The City of Rifle held a community meeting this week to discuss the city’s recently adopted Housing Needs Assessment Study.

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Three Mile Mobile Home Park in Glenwood Springs is on the road to being owned by its residents with the help of a local nonprofit. The park recently broke ground on new infrastructure projects to improve the property for those who live there.

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This month we spoke with the Mayor of Leadville Dana Greene on tourism and wildfire, and Mayor of Glenwood Springs Marco Dehm on housing and homelessness.

In March of this year, residents of two mobile home parks in the Roaring Fork Valley received notice that their owner intended to sell the properties. Residents fear spikes in rent and displacement in one of Colorado’s most expensive regions. In June, Carbondale’s Board of Trustees pledged a million dollars to help these residents purchase their homes.

News director Marilyn Gleason speaks with Glenwood Springs Councilman Sumner Schachter about creating housing in the valley and a recent article he published.

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