{"id":86920,"date":"2025-11-17T13:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=86920"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:15:42","slug":"uchealth-invests-affordable-housing-steamboat-springs-health-care-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/uchealth-invests-affordable-housing-steamboat-springs-health-care-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: UCHealth invests in affordable housing for Steamboat Springs health care workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Creek&#039;s End Employee Housing Complex in Steamboat Springs | UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sjXv9xZfRXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Leaders with UCHealth purchased a 42-unit housing development in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, investing nearly $30 million to provide affordable, long-term housing for health care workers at Yampa Valley Medical Center. 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