Housing
Whitney Mick helps her 10-year-old son Charlie carry a box upstairs in their new townhome on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Durango, Colo. Mick worked with the nonprofit HomesFund to pre-qualify for the deed-restricted home. Photo by Corey Robinson / Special to The Colorado Trust
On a Saturday morning in early April, 20 people eager to buy homes gathered for a daylong class in the conference room at the town library in Bayfield, 20 miles east of downtown Durango.
One of them was Thomas Schleeter, who has lived in a camper in Bayfield for eight years. Schleeter, who works building custom hot rods, called housing prices in La Plata County “ridiculous.”
Another was electrician Trace Lovelace, who lives with his grandparents in Bayfield. He lost his lease when the owner decided to sell the property where he was renting a room. Lovelace hopes to buy a home with his girlfriend, who works for the county. He’s not optimistic.
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