Three children under the age of 5 and their parents are living out of a car in the Yampa Valley despite the father having a full-time job.
A homeless seasonal worker is walking barefoot through the streets of Steamboat Springs after his housing ended at a downtown lodge.
And a Routt County commissioner reported one of the county’s new department heads is living at the fire station in Stagecoach while he secures permanent housing.
These were just a few of the many stories shared Tuesday that put human faces to a housing struggle that continues to affect a variety of people in the Yampa Valley.
“Our awareness of the problem continues to be raised, but our ability to address it doesn’t keep up,” Routt County Commissioner TIm Corrigan said Tuesday. “It’s obviously frustrating from our perspective.”
Corrigan’s comments came after the commission held a roundtable discussion with Sheila Henderson, executive director of Integrated Community, about ongoing housing struggles for low-income workers in the area.
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