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Telluride Residents Debate Limiting Short-Term Housing

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About 60 people gathered in the grass beside the San Miguel County Courthouse in Telluride on Friday, August 13 to discuss a likely ballot question to limit short term rental licenses in the town.
Matt Hoisch

Several Colorado mountain communities are trying to limit the growth of short term rentals--as long-running housing crunches become a full-on crisis.

Earlier this summer Steamboat Springs and Crested Butte placed temporary halts on new short term rental licenses.

In Telluride, a group of locals are pushing for a ballot question to limit short term rental licenses. But the proposal has aroused passionate feelings for and against.

A report from a recent community discussion on the proposal.

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This report was produced for the Rocky Mountain Community Radio Coalition, of which KSUT is a member. RMCR includes more than 15 member stations across Colorado and parts of Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Kansas.

Mark Duggan provided online production of this story for KSUT.

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