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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jesse Bedayn

Colorado considers using public land for affordable housing

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Police officer Andy Sandoval lives in one the most beautiful places in the world near Vail, Colorado, where world-famous ski resorts are nestled between Rocky Mountain peaks. His living situation for years, though, was far less dreamy.

Until last month, the 26-year-old, his wife and their two small children were squeezed into one bedroom in a three-bedroom house that held nine other tenants — the best they could afford because of bloated housing prices fueled in part by sky-high land costs.

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