Housing

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

KDNK's News Director Morgan Neely has Thursday's updates, including Carbondale Trustees approving 50 units of new housing for Roaring Fork Schools staff.

KDNK news reporter Hattison Rensberry brings listeners news about the Colorado River Upper Basin, local housing options that may be in the near future, and an audio obituary for Wick Moses

Emergency rental assistance programs have served tens of thousands of people and handed out hundreds of millions of dollars for things like rent and utility payments since they began during the pandemic. Now, many places in the Mountain West are no longer accepting applications because they’ve run out of funds.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

In the Mountain West, more than a fifth of homeowners with a mortgage spend at least 35 percent of their monthly income on housing. Nearly 40 percent of renters region-wide spend more than a third of their income on rent.

Over the last several years, many Telluride nonprofits have seen reductions in lodging opportunities to house the guests and seasonal staff they bring to the region. Many of those organizations are now coming together to raise awareness about the issue and the impact it is having on their programming.

The cost of housing has been rising in the Roaring Fork Valley. For some locals already dealing with housing insecurity, COVID-19 was a tipping point.…

Mountain Voices Project has launched The Landlord/Tenant Housing Recovery Plan to help those who've had trouble paying or getting rent due to the…