Letter to the editor: We need a better system for affordable housing

Letter to the editor: We need a better system for affordable housing

A recent article in the New York Times highlighted the issue of locals in Summit County sheltering in their vehicles.  It’s interesting that the monthly salary of $2,874 for a ski shop employee, quoted in the article, works out to a housing expense of less than $900 at one-third of that income.  There is a terrible misalignment between the official U.S. Housing and Urban Development figures of median incomes and the actual pay scale of tourism e…