Jeff Gatlin

• Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Jun. 23, 2021

  What teachers could teach about housing solutions

  RFSD COO Jeff Gatlin said they were approached by Habitat for Humanity to develop homes on a tract of school district land and thought, "Boy, wouldn’t that be a great thing if we could get some teacher and staff housing out of that?" Photo by Paula Mayer.

  In 2015, voters approved a major bond issue for the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD), which, in part, resulted in $5 million per community being dedicated to affordable housing units for teachers.

  After the bond’s approval, RFSD formed the School District Housing Advisory Committee, consisting of… read more →