Off-Site Construction Offers Partial Solution to Housing Crunch

By Matt Hoisch

The Telluride Foundation is trying to piece together a simple but potentially powerful approach to developing affordable housing: building houses for less money. Picture by Matt Hoisch.

The Telluride Foundation is trying to piece together a simple but potentially powerful approach to developing affordable housing: building houses for less money. Picture by Matt Hoisch.

High housing prices mean local workers are getting priced out of the communities they serve across the Mountain West. One nonprofit in Southwest Colorado is trying to make small town housing affordable—by turning to factory-built homes.