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April 24, 2023: In Trinidad and at the Capitol, efforts to deal with the housing crisis

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TRINIDAD HOUSING BOYCE 1538
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COPERR program students Brian Moreno, left, and Steven Wilson measure a piece of sheetrock inside a long-vacant home on March 13, 2023. The grant program from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office uses community college students to renovate blighted housing in Southern Colorado communities.

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In Trinidad, a month-long program allows people to train in construction while they work to rehabilitate long-vacant homes. Then, our Purplish podcast tackles the state's housing woes by re-envisioning land use. And, Colorado’s national champion sled hockey team.