01/30/25 update
In January 2025, the Grant Committee for the Routt County Workforce Housing Preservation Fund recommended a grant of $53,407.41 to the Yampa Valley Housing Authority (YVHA). This grant satisfies the charitable purpose of the fund, helping mitigate the two mobile home crises that arose since initiation of the fund and for which fundraising was undertaken. Just under half ($26,351.58) will support the Milner Park Community Cooperative for initial funding of their capital reserve, and the remaining amount ($27,055.83) will fund urgent capital improvements at Whitehaven Mobile Home Park.
This fund is now closed and no longer accepting donations. We thank all donors to the fund who have enabled retention of safe, stable and affordable housing for our community members.
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Workforce housing is the #1 issue facing the Yampa Valley. When Whitehaven Mobile Home Park was under threat of purchase in 2022, YVCF set up the Routt County Workforce Housing Preservation Fund to accept charitable donations toward the following charitable purposes:
The purpose of the Fund is to preserve workforce housing for residents in Routt County, Colorado. Funds will be used for the purchase, preservation or emergency capital improvements of other mobile home parks or low-income housing in Routt County, Colorado.
This is a Board-Designated Fund of the Yampa Valley Community Foundation and all donations are restricted for use only for the Charitable Purposes of the Fund. Donations to this fund cannot be restricted by the donor for a particular use other than the general charitable purpose of the fund.