Candidates offer competing fixes for Vail’s affordability crunch
At a public forum, Vail council hopefuls suggested deed‑restricted price caps, town land acquisitions and housing buy‑downs as tools to keep locals housed; several candidates emphasized childcare and local jobs as part of the solution.
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Housing and affordability repeatedly surfaced as the forum’s most urgent issue. Candidates proposed a mix of supply‑side and demand‑side measures: Kim Langmeid urged continued partnerships (citing the Habitat/Eagle County work), Barry Davis called for a dedicated funding source for land acquisition and affordability programs, and Lauren Wallace recommended price‑cap deed restrictions and more third‑spaces to bind residents to town life.
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