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Patrick Goggles with the Northern Arapaho housing authority said 20 units is a good start but the tribe needs at least 300 more units to address current housing needs.
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Home renters and home buyers in Wyoming are facing a crisis. Some people are homeless or on the verge of being homeless. Others cannot afford existing homes or are just one misfortune away from housing instability. While for many first-time home buyers, housing is simply not available. Melissa Noah works with the Wyoming Housing Network, a nonprofit that develops affordable housing across the state. She spoke to Wyoming Public Radio’s Friday Otuya.
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This weekend, an event on the Wind River Reservation is providing legal resources about housing, law enforcement and victim services. “Know Your Rights” training will be in Fort Washakie on Saturday. There will be presentations by representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming and Equal Justice Wyoming.
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Home prices increased significantly during the pandemic, and markets in the Mountain West saw some of the country's biggest hikes. But now, some cities in the region might see those prices come back to earth.
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Animal Shelters in Wyoming have seen an increase in surrenders and stray animals in the past year leading to high-capacity issues. Recently, a University of Florida report found that in many places, this high capacity is due to the decrease in spay and neuter surgeries during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in Wyoming, there's more to it than just that.
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In the Mountain West, more than a fifth of homeowners with a mortgage spend at least 35 percent of their monthly income on housing. Nearly 40 percent of renters region-wide spend more than a third of their income on rent.
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A new data set from the U.S. Census Bureau sheds light on how the pandemic affected health insurance, housing and work commutes across the country, and some of the shifts have been especially pronounced in the Mountain West.
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The real estate market in Teton County is beginning to “normalize” after it broke records during the pandemic. That’s according to Jackson realtor Devon Viehman, who said properties are staying on the market for longer and cash purchases are occurring less frequently.
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Steamboat Springs, Colo., has been making headlines this summer for its crackdown on short-term rentals. Listing properties on sites such as Airbnb and VRBO has been banned in most of town, and voters will decide this November if they want to further tax vacation property owners.
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A new report reveals the U.S. cities with the highest rates of home sellers dropping their asking prices, and many of those markets are in the Mountain West.