Rob’s upbringing taught him the value of hard work, grit, determination, and what small businesses mean to a family and a community. Rob's great-grandfather moved to Riverton, Wyoming, in 1906 to serve as the surveyor for the town, canal, and road projects throughout Wyoming. His grandfather George was born in that same town in 1910 and drove trucks for his entire adult life. Rob’s father Bob was born in Riverton in 1947. ​When Rob was born, his family lived in a camper while his dad moved around the state on a road construction crew. When Rob was two, his dad quit in order to seek more stable opportunities for his young family. They moved into the trailer court with a single-wide.
The housing affordability crisis in Colorado is growing. We find ourselves in a space where people across the housing spectrum are being squeezed by high housing costs, and 1 in 3 Colorado families are housing burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. The time to act is now. At the state level, we are working quickly to get dollars out the door to help address the problem, but we can’t do it without our local partners on the front lines.
We have to use every tool at our disposal to get more units of housing online to ensure they are available in the market, including bolstering manufactured homes, helping the private sector access more resources and capital, and utilize meaningful partnerships like those with local Housing Authorities and Habitat for Humanity.