Taos Tackles Affordable Housing With a One-Of-A-Kind Agency | LOR Foundation
Complete Housing

Taos Tackles Affordable Housing With a One-Of-A-Kind Agency

Taos
  • Local Champion: Taos Community Foundation
  • Date Funded: June 13, 2022
  • Grant Amount: $28,000

Nearly 60 percent of Taos residents are housing burdened, meaning they pay at least 30 percent (or more) of their income for rent or a mortgage, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And unfortunately, government entities like the Taos Housing Authority are limited in what they are able to do to meet the growing need for more affordable housing—and there’s currently no Taos nonprofit singularly focused on addressing the housing problem. It’s a problem that many community members vocalized at a recent meeting hosted by LOR. In those discussions, community members identified a potential solution: create a nonprofit housing agency focused on tackling affordable housing issues. With a grant from LOR, the Taos Community Foundation will hire a consultant to launch the Taos Housing Partnership (led by longtime local residents), which will select at least one development project to focus on in 2022. After the agency is established, an executive director will be hired and establish a pre-development fund for future housing initiatives.

In The News

Success Stories: Taos Housing Partnership (Taos News, July 2024)

Taos Gets Serious About Providing Affordable Housing (Public News Service, July 2023)

Contact our community officer in Taos. Meet Sonya Struck
More Housing Solutions
Housing / Libby Home Maintenance Tools Help Spawn a Community Program in Libby
Local Champion:
Libby Church of God
Date funded:
May 28, 2025
Grant Amount:
$5,100
Housing / Monte Vista A Community Room Brings Monte Vista Neighbors Together
Local Champion:
San Luis Valley Housing Coalition
Date funded:
May 16, 2025
Grant Amount:
$25,571
Housing / Cortez Women’s Recovery Home Furnishings Support Sobriety in Cortez
Local Champion:
Silver Lining Recovery Homes
Date funded:
April 30, 2025
Grant Amount:
$15,194
Housing / Lander Local Training Prop Keeps Lander’s Volunteer Firefighters Ready to Respond
Local Champion:
Lander Volunteer Firemans Association
Date funded:
April 30, 2025
Grant Amount:
$25,000
Housing / Taos A Meeting Space Connects Taos Housing Groups
Local Champion:
Taos Housing Partnership
Date funded:
April 24, 2025
Grant Amount:
$3,160
Housing / Questa Furnishings Assure Readiness and Comfort for Questa’s EMS Staff
Local Champion:
Village Of Questa
Date funded:
April 17, 2025
Grant Amount:
$4,055
See All solutions

Share an Idea

If you have an idea for improving quality of life in Cortez or Monte Vista, Colorado; Lander, Wyoming; Libby, Montana; Questa or Taos, New Mexico; or Weiser, Idaho, use this form to start a conversation with us.

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.