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Carbondale candidates make affordable housing a top priority, point to deed-restriction tools and regional coalitions
Summary
Candidates at a Sopra Sun forum said affordable housing is a top issue and highlighted tools used locally — inclusionary zoning (now 25%), the Good Deeds program, deed-restrictions and regional coalition purchases — while warning funding remains the main constraint.
Candidates at a town forum hosted by The Sopra Sun on April 7 agreed affordable housing is a top priority for Carbondale and described a mix of local tools and regional partnerships they say have expanded permanently affordable units.
Incumbent trustee and candidate Colin Laird said the board adopted a 10-year approach to increase deed-restricted housing and credited a combination of local programs and regional effort. "We've basically managed to deed restrict over 500 units in our community," Laird said, counting mobile-home park purchases and deed-restriction purchases tied to the Good Deeds program.
The nut graph: Candidates consistently pointed to inclusionary zoning, deed restrictions and regional coalitions as the primary levers…
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