Tempest Manthei is just the kind of person that the West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition (WMRHC) had in mind when it launched its “Good Deeds” housing buy-down program on a pilot basis earlier this year.On Sept. 20, Manthei became the first beneficiary of the program when she closed on her new home in Glenwood Springs.The […]
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Housing Coalition’s ‘Good Deeds’ buydown program hoping for summer launch
A new affordable housing program aimed at lowering the price of existing homes for qualified buyers in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, without the burden of new construction, could launch as soon as this summer. The West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition (WMRHC) outlined plans for its Deed Restriction Purchase Program at a housing […]
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Coalition compares Summit County successes with local affordable housing efforts
Breckenridge’s long history of creating a vibrant affordable housing program could prove to be a valuable model as the new West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition looks to up its game in the Roaring Fork Valley and Garfield County.A big difference, though, is the nearly two dozen deed-restricted housing projects and a successful buy-down program in […]
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Development neutral programs possible solution for regional “housing catastrophe”
April Long, program director of the West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition (WMRHC), and Hannah Klausman, Economic and Community Development director for the city of Glenwood Springs, talked problems and solutions at Aspen Journalism’s housing panel on Wednesday Dec. 6. Long, an engineer by training, told the audience that she’s new to the issue, having left […]
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Carbondale Report: RFSD approved to build 50 housing units
Update on thistle: Katrina Blair’s company, Bee Happy Lands, was contracted by the Parks and Rec Department to provide organic land stewardship at the Nature Park on May 12. The Town will still get staff trained and certified to conduct chemical-based herbicide treatment, but will not necessarily use that tool. Mayor Pro Tem Erica Sparhawk […]
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Carbondale Report: Water rules and bag ban revisited
Tuesday’s meeting, Jan. 24, was somewhat quiet with no public comments and the absence of trustees Erica Sparhawk and Luis Yllanes. Lani Kitching, nursing an illness, joined via Zoom. It was also the birthday of trustee Marty Silverstein! The consent agenda included accounts payable, art gallery permit renewals for Carbondale Arts and the Clay Center, […]