Telluride is set in a canyon surrounded by 13,000-foot peaks and has long appealed to adventure-seekers and vacationers. Out-of-towners working remotely have forced long-time locals out of the area. In a remote town in southern Colorado, workers are living in campers or cars because they can't find a home. Others are forced to commute up to 100 miles over mountain passes to get to work or crowd into one-bedroom apartments to afford rent. There were some days last summer when restaurants in the historic town of Telluride had to close because of a lack of employees. You don't get coffee anymore, you don't go to dinner anymore, or you don't have a place for your friends to gather anymore. Housing has become an important point for cities struggling to retain their workforces and local businesses as a result of the Pandemic. The issue has long been a challenge in Colorado's mountain communities, but the Pandemic has pushed it into overdrive, residents and experts say. It took what was a slowly growing problem and made it a rapidly growing problem. The issue that used to affect mostly low-income people has moved to the middle class. Raising taxes on people who own second homes and limiting the number of short-term rentals in a community are some of the ways high-country areas have come up with to ease the shortage. Nenadal and other residents proposed a citizens initiative that would have capped the number of short-term rentals at 600. Voters approved a two-year pause that will keep the number of short-term rental licenses at their current level. Margaret Bowes is the executive director of the Colorado Association of Ski Towns, which represents 40 cities and counties. For years, housing authorities and cities have been buying and selling properties to workers at below-market rates. They have begun experimenting with more innovative ideas, such as providing down payment or rental assistance to local buyers, placing deed restrictions on properties so they have to be sold to area workers, and providing cash incentives. Some business owners buy properties and then rent them to their employees. Eagle County, which covers the ski town of Vail in central Colorado, plans to launch a loan program for property owners who want to build accessory dwelling units that would be rented to area workers. Anne Lowe is the open space and trails manager for the city of Breckenridge. Lowe and her husband bought a single- family home through Housing Helps, a program that pays homeowners, buyers and investors to place deed restrictions on their properties guaranteeing they will be used for local housing. 11 percent of the housing stock is occupied by residents, but the goal is 35 percent. Lowe and her husband received 15 percent of the purchase price of their home to use as a down payment, which lowered their monthly mortgage payment and allowed them to save money for needed repairs. Lowe said that they didn't have to stress and pick up second jobs to afford to live close to town. 55 bedrooms have been converted from short-term to long-term rentals as a result of the lease-to-locals pilot program. Progress is slow. Kim Bell Williams, executive director of the Eagle County Housing and Development Authority, said that the number of potential buyers on the Eagle County's deed-restriction program jumped from 100 to 500 over the last couple of years. Some of these efforts may get a boost as state lawmakers debate how to spend $400 million in leftover federal Covid relief money. Colorado faces a significant supply shortage despite the new initiatives. Fading West Development opened an 11,000- square-foot factory in November to make 600 to 700 modular homes a year. The Farm at Buena Vista is a modular housing community that was built in Nebraska. Fading West is currently building homes for high-country communities in the state. Fading West founder and CEO Charlie Chupp said there are not enough electricians, plumbing, and general contractors in these communities. The ability of off-site construction to increase the supply side is critical. It will take some time to see broad-scale success, but we know every unit that can be gained is a win. There was a mistake on March 7, 2022, at 1:20 p.m. A citizens initiative was proposed in Telluride. It was proposed in 2021. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act gives social media sites and other internet providers immunity from lawsuits if something is posted by a user. It has been a point of contention ever since the Trump administration asked Congress to strike down the law, even going as far as to veto a $740B defense bill over it. 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