{"id":45848,"date":"2021-06-25T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/survey-of-colorados-high-country-residents-a-wake-up-call-on-affordable-housing-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:28:06","slug":"survey-of-colorados-high-country-residents-a-wake-up-call-on-affordable-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/survey-of-colorados-high-country-residents-a-wake-up-call-on-affordable-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey of Colorado\u2019s high-country residents a \u2018wake-up call\u2019 on affordable housing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"Communities forced to rethink their relationship to tourism economy\n

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Homes sales in Telluride and Mountain Village surpassed $1 billion in 2020, an all-time high. Colorado\u2019s resort communities are seeing a surge of home buyers who are shattering real estate records. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)<\/span>(Jesse Paul<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A first-of-its-kind survey<\/a> of thousands of Colorado mountain town residents has delivered the clearest look at the impact of the pandemic on housing, rentals and lifestyles in the high country to date.<\/p>\n

And the news is not good.<\/p>\n

Wealthy newcomers are displacing locals. Businesses are struggling to hire staff members. The crowds are growing in the backcountry. Solutions, needed ASAP, require bold moves.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay this report be a wake-up call for local leaders, a renewed call to action for those already involved in tackling community challenges, and a reference point for those seeking to understand the trends so they can have a positive impact on the places they live,\u201d the 70-page Mountain Migration report reads. \u201cThe consequences are real.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 4,700 residents from the six counties \u2013 three-quarters of them full-time residents \u2013 completed the survey by the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments and the Colorado Association of Ski Towns.<\/p>\n

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Hugh Carey\/The Colorado SunAmanda O\u2019Mara interacts with her dog in front of their home, under construction, in the surrounding burned forest on Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Grand Lake, Colorado.<\/span>Hugh Carey\/The Colorado Sun<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported, nonpartisan news organization dedicated to covering Colorado issues. To learn more, go to coloradosun.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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