Housing was the most-cited issue hospitals said made it hard to recruit new employees. Other responses captured in the survey feel like being captured in an echo chamber for anyone who’s tried to rent or purchase a home in the last year:

• “limited options, high price,”
• “expensive,”
• “short term rentals are hard to find,”
• “lack of newer homes that are affordable,”
• “many people have moved here due to COVID-19, leaving very little available in the housing market,”
• “hard to find especially at the lower income,”
• and “rental options limited.”