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UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center Invests in Affordable Housing & Their Employees

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The lack of affordable housing wasn’t just a personal issue for employees and families, but it threatened the hospital’s ability to maintain services, including critical Level 3 trauma care, maternity services, and specialty care that rural areas are often in danger of losing.

“People would apply for jobs, then they’d tell us, ‘I’m not going to interview because I looked at housing, and there’s nothing for me to even rent,'” Soniya Fidler, president of Yampa Valley Medical Center, told UC Health.