Ensuring the availability of housing for Vail's year-round residents

The Vail Local Housing Authority (VLHA) aligns with the Town of Vail Housing Department to support a vision that the Town of Vail is the world’s resort community leader by ensuring the availability of homes for year-round residents. Vail’s year-round residents, along with their homes, prove critical to maintaining and enriching the premier international mountain resort community and its critical workforce. In Vail, homes for residents are seen as infrastructure – a community support system – not unlike roads, bridges, water and sewer, and similar services delivered by municipal government.

THE VLHA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

  • VLHA Budget Approval
  • Policy Recommendations
  • Advocacy
  • Coordinating with Town of Vail Staff on Housing Initiatives
  • Recommendations to Vail Town Council for Strategic Long-Term Planning

As an appointed authority under State of Colorado regulation, the VLHA serves as a technical adviser and recommending body to the Vail Town Council.  Town Council creates and implements housing policy and is the final decision maker. The VLHA places a special emphasis on affordable community housing initiatives and is working towards the 2017 stated goal to create or acquire 1,000 incremental resident-occupied deed-restrictions by the year 2027. Examples of the VLHA’s activities include:

  • Acting as special agent for the Town of Vail, the VLHA was instrumental in the development of Middle Creek Village Apartments, a 142-unit affordable rental development. .
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  • Providing recommendations to help move Town of Vail’s housing initiatives forward including the completion of Residences at Main Vail rental housing project in 2023 and the 2024 groundbreaking of Timber Ridge Village, 302 for-sale, deed-restricted modular homes.
  • On behalf of the Town, the VLHA selected the developer and oversaw development of the Arosa Duplex, Vail’s only LEED Silver Certified affordable housing.
  • Review of applications and recommendations of approval of Vail InDEED purchases. How many to date?

In the spirit of building public-private partnerships, the VLHA supported a Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley, the Town of Vail, Eagle County Government and Triumph Development to build 20 homeownership opportunities within the Timber Ridge Village redevelopment.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TOWN OF VAIL HOUSING POLICIES

MEETINGS

The five-member volunteer board meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 3 p.m. Currently, these meetings are held in the Council Chambers and via 

Zoom. In some cases, they are on ZOOM only and will be detailed on the final, posted meeting agenda. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Craig Denton

cdenton@vlha.net

Dan Godec

dgodec@vlha.net

Steve Lindstrom

slindstrom@vlha.net

Kristin Kenney Williams

kwillliams@vlha.net

Christine Santucci

csantucci@vlha.net

Contact US

CONTACTS

Martha Anderson

Senior Housing Coordinator

(970) 471-9503

MAnderson@vail.gov

Missy Johnson

Housing Coordinator

(970) 471-2150

MJohnson@vail.gov