SHERIDAN — A new housing land trust development is taking shape in Laramie, as more houses go up in Sheridan’s Weston Village subdivision.

The Albany County Housing and Land Trust, a nonprofit organization working in collaboration with the Laramie Chamber Business Alliance, has recently begun addressing the housing shortage in southeastern Wyoming.

Currently, Laramie builds an average of just 60 homes per year, due to challenges with infrastructure, land costs, housing workforce shortage, materials costs, regulations and bonding and other issues. The goal, though, is to increase that number to 400 units built by 2030.

“We’ve been looking at all things housing related in Laramie, because data shows we’re about 3,000 units behind heading into 2030,” Laramie Chamber Business Alliance CEO a

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