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FROM PAGE 10 again, this time for making just $300 more than the cut-o . But, a slow month at work turned out to be a good thing. His income dipped just enough that by the third time he applied he made it on the waitlist. at did not come with the guarantee of a home. Laney was in a line of people just like him and demand far outweighed supply. Number 10 was his position. Who knew how many more were behind him, he thought. en it happened. Laney was made an o er, a 1,275-square-foot detached home near Ketring Park in central Littleton valued at $285,000, roughly a third of what similar properties sold for.

“I can’t even express how happy I was,” Laney said. “I’ve been living and serving this community for 10 years and I want to live here.”

Still, the program has some drawbacks compared to traditional homeownership. Laney cannot build as much equity as many of his neighbors because he does not own the property the home sits on. Instead, it is owned by something called a land trust — a collection of entities.

“ e beauty of the land trust is it removes the cost of the land from the equation from the cost of the home,” said Kate Hilberg, director of real estate development for Habitat for Hu- o cials.

“It’s the rst step of an ongoing process,” Krueger said. “We aren’t competing with club teams for o cials’ pay. It helps get us to where we need to be but it doesn’t put us so far ahead that we put a strain on the budget numbers.”

Treatment of o cials e council also agreed to amend CHSAA bylaws to include a piece on intimidation of or physical threats to game o cials. e consequences for violators can include permanent exclusion from CHSAA events, It will be up to the commissioner and the a ected school’s administration to decide the penalties.

Sta notes de ned game o cials as referees, judges, umpires, linesmen and those serving in similar capacities. e agenda de ned an assault as “an intentional act, or threat ... that puts another person in reasonable belief of imminent harmful or o ensive conduct.” reatening behavior can include words, actions or behaviors that can cause others to be concerned for their safety.

Golf changes e legislative council also approved a couple of changes in high-school golf. One was to add a 2A classi cation for both boys and girls golf, beginning in the 2024 cycle. e other is to seed 5A regional tournaments two weeks before regionals. Locations will be determined by league rotation. e golf committee said each league will have one team per regional to act as host. manity. “It allows the homeowners to pay on that mortgage for that home and improvements to that home but not the land.”

“ e goal is to have a four-way rotation for 5A state sites with a Western state host every six years,” sta notes said.

Land trusts are crucial tools organizations like Habitat use to lock in the a ordability of homes even as property values rise elsewhere. e owners of these units will see some equity from their homes, Hilberg said, about 2% each year. But it won’t be enough to match the likes of homeowners who have used their growing property values to build decades of generational wealth.

“A lot of families use this as a starter home option and they do gain enough equity and stability to turn that into a down payment on a home in the open market,” Hilberg said of homes under land trusts.

But fathoming a concept like equity is a luxury for those who still can’t buy a house on the market, Laney said.

While he’s thankful for what Habitat did for him, he fears the few dozen homes it manages in Littleton can only go so far to meet the demand of hundreds, if not thousands, of residents who have struggled as he has.

“ ere isn’t enough income-based housing for people … the people who live and work in this community can’t a ord a house,” Laney said. “We can’t all win the lottery.”

Colorado Community Reporters Andrew Fraieli, Steve Smith, Tayler Shaw and Ellis Arnold contributed reporting to this story.

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