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Open Space staff say agricultural worker housing demand likely to grow; some properties under review for disposal
Summary
OSMP staff told trustees they currently meet demand for agricultural-worker housing but expect demand to grow as older tenant-owners retire; staff said some residential properties in the OSMP portfolio may be declared surplus and sold after normal disposal process.
Open Space and Mountain Parks staff told the Board of Trustees on Jan. 15 that the department currently meets demand for on-site agricultural worker housing but expects demand to rise as current tenant-owners retire.
Lauren Kolb, an OSMP staff member, said the department’s existing housing inventory includes homes that tenants currently own, and as those tenants retire the next generation of farm tenants will be less likely to own housing and more likely to need housing on OSMP properties. “We anticipate demand increasing,”…
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