The employee housing crisis is like nothing the residents in Ouray have ever seen.

Increasing housing prices, rent, construction costs, and short-term rental (STR) properties have created an environment that fewer and fewer people are able to thrive in.

“Help Wanted” signs cover street-side windows in places like Ouray. With employers desperate to maintain a workforce, some business owners have begun to provide housing at whatever means they can afford.

Erin Eddy, owner of the Ouray Brewery, has done that for several people. By buying and renting out property he already owns, he can support his employees, along with J-1 student workers—a demographic he began reaching out to after positions went unfilled for months.

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