Taos Invests in Research to Identify Ways to Create More Affordable Housing

Due in part to the proliferation of vacation and rental properties in Taos—40 percent of homes are not occupied year-round—housing is both limited and expensive, often out of reach for local and multigenerational families. At a 2021 webinar about housing, the county and other stakeholders agreed that Taos needed a unified approach to understand housing needs and to identify actions that can be taken to address this persistent problem. The Taos County Manager reached out to LOR with a potential solution: hire a subject matter expert to conduct an environmental scan of housing needs, identify themes, and recommend framework for an investment strategy for Taos County. LOR’s funding supported this work.