Point: Meghan Dollar
Colorado is amid an affordable housing crisis, and our workforce can no longer afford to live in the communities where they are employed. Colorado has a growing number of cost-burdened households in urban and rural areas.
In a recent survey conducted by the Colorado Municipal League, our members described the supply of housing as âinsufficient,â âunattainable,â or âin disrepair,â while they described the need as âcritical,â âsignificant,â and âdesperate.â Fifty-seven percent of municipalities rated a lack of affordable housing in the community as a major or moderate fiscal challenge. Affordable housing was the highest rated fiscal challenge of those listed in the survey.