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On Tuesday the Eagle County Board of Commissioners took a bold step toward addressing the local housing crisis.
Procedurally, commissioners approved a supplemental budget that transfers $5.4 million from the county’s general fund to its housing fund. Operationally, commissioners agreed to fund a series of programs officially called Bold Housing Moves designed to chip away at the local housing issue.
“I like it that this solution doesn’t try to build our way out of this crisis,” said Commissioner Kathy Chandler-Henry. She noted that building the number of needed new housing units would take several years and several million dollars and, put simply, the county doesn’t have that kind of money or that amount of time. But local officials have other tools to help local residents rent or purchase places they can call home.
Aspen Times file
This February photo shows the U.S. Forest Service ’bone yard’ where materials are stored next to Crown Mountain Park. Debate has started on future uses.
Aspen Times file
A preliminary report on potential future uses of 76 acres of valuable public land in the middle Roaring Fork Valley suggests further investigation into recreation, conservation and possibly providing a site for affordable housing.
Eagle County chief financial officer Jill Klosterman stressed in a presentation to Eagle County commissioners Tuesday that the process is just getting underway and the staff has made no assumptions on the direction.
“We’re just listening to what the community was telling us,” Klosterman said.
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