It is not something that occurred overnight, but Breckenridge is facing a housing shortage in both rental houses and houses available for purchase.

Virgil Moore, Executive Director of the Breckenridge Economic Development Corporation, stated that this is something that has occurred over time. “Breckenridge was a big oil boomtown, so all of the houses, there was a bunch of houses built back in the ’30s,” said Moore. Because much of the houses are older, many of them are run down and Moore stated that most would not want to live in.

For the full story please see the Oct. 16 edition of the Breckenridge American.