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Inside the Colorado Town Where Public Camping Is Considered Workforce Housing

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Buena Vista, Colorado, allows businesses to let employees live temporarily in RVs or campers on company land to address a severe shortage of affordable housing, with only a handful of businesses securing permits for this workforce camping solution, while the town simultaneously revises zoning to permit container homes. The policy has provided temporary relief but imposed substantial hurdles and costs for employers, highlighting ongoing challenges and debates over responsibility for solving the area’s workforce housing crisis.

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