ISSUE #177: Aspen's Workforce Housing Dilemma, Part 1 10/11/20

"The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable."

 - Virginia Postrel

Subsidized housing. I went down the rabbit hole this week with the first in a 2-part series. In short, the perceived lack of affordable housing is a problem of our own making. As a community, we have prioritized subsidizing housing for families and retirees, and have therefore relegated the service industry workforce to commuting. This is not to say anything's wrong with what we've chosen to do, it's just that we can't have it both ways.

HERE is my column in today's Aspen Times.