Stories about the shortage of affordable housing, particularly for the local workforce, have been appearing in the Plaindealer for more than two decades. But 2022 saw some of the most substantial progress yet toward addressing that problem.

Residents moved into the county’s first income-restricted affordable units, while several other projects got underway or moved forward, and local governments began funding those efforts.

In Ridgway, the long-awaited Space to Create building, which has 30 apar...