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Carbondale trustees pledge $1 million to support purchase of two mobile home parks
Summary
After public comment from park residents, the Carbondale Board of Trustees voted 5–1 to submit a nonbinding letter of intent committing $1 million toward a collective effort to buy two regional mobile home parks and preserve affordable lots for current residents.
Carbondale trustees voted 5–1 on Tuesday to submit a nonbinding letter of intent committing $1,000,000 to a regional effort to buy two mobile home parks and preserve existing lots for current residents.
The board’s vote followed public comment from residents of the Aspen Mobile Home Park and the Aspen Basalt Mobile Home Park and a presentation by April Long, executive director of the West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition, who is coordinating local-government responses to the purchase effort.
Long told trustees the offer on the table to buy the two parks is $42,000,000 and that residents, with assistance from the nonprofit Thistle and lender Rock USA Capital, are pursuing a resident-owned-community purchase. She said the purchase will require a subsidy estimated at roughly $20,000,000 to keep lot rents affordable and that local governments and employers are pooling funds. Long said the coalition has so far secured…
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