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Sep 17, 2026
Who Gets to Live in Salida? Housing, Growth and the Future of a Mountain Town | Ep14
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1:54Ashley KappelHOST
And can you tell us a little bit about your experience and what that meant to you to become a homeowner here?
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2:06Wayles MartinGUEST
Upon moving here, I was renting, as most of us do, and was also being moved from one place to another because the house would get sold or the rent would increase.
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2:16Wayles MartinGUEST
And so I was wanting to find stable housing, and my employer actually mentioned to me the housing trust program.
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2:29Wayles MartinGUEST
I'm a single woman, and I don't have any kids or pets, but I was like, well, maybe I could do that.
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2:36Wayles MartinGUEST
And so I listened to the program a little bit, and so that Chafee Housing Trust program It's a program that allows for low-income individuals to be able to attain an affordable mortgage for their own house here.
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8:43Jessica CharitonHOST
And what do you think that people most misunderstand about affordable housing and our housing challenges in Salida or even – you can speak to Chaffee County in general – Like, who are we trying to house? And are we building the right kinds of housing? And how do we make it affordable? Is there going to be one big thing that fixes all of it?