Unanimous: Teton County Commission, council allow DACA recipients to apply to buy affordable housing
Town and county elected officials voted unanimously Monday to allow immigrants known as Dreamers to apply to purchase homes in Jackson Hole's public housing program.
The Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 and the Jackson Town Council voted 4-0 in favor of doing so. Councilor Jim Rooks was absent.
The two boards' votes cemented changes to town of Jackson and Teton County housing rules and regulations that give recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, the ability to apply to buy publicly subsidized or restricted housing in Jackson Hole for the first time. That includes “affordable” homes that are price-controlled for local workers based on how much money they make, and “workforce” units that can sell for market prices but are reserved for households that make the majority of their income from Teton County businesses.
Dreamers are already able to rent “affordable” and “workforce” units because town and county housing officials don't ask for citizenship information for rentals.
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