Amidst regional funding push, Vail weighs in on financial exposure of affordable housing

Amidst regional funding push, Vail weighs in on financial exposure of affordable housing

As Eagle County and the town of Avon forge ahead with planning for a possible taxpayer-funded regional housing authority, some officials in Vail are feeling nervous about the ski town’s current financial commitment to affordable housing. “In the last two years, we’ve kind of exposed the town significantly. There’s a significant financial exposure which comes from this affordable (housing) thing, to the point where it’s made quite a few people ne…