MCCALL, Idaho — The McCall Memorial Hospital District is partnering with the St. Luke's McCall Foundation on a $1.4 million housing project designed to address a critical shortage of affordable housing for healthcare workers in the resort community.

The project will create 38 townhomes — consisting of fourplexes and tri-plexes — on nearly five acres on Mission Street. The McCall-Donnelly School District previously owned the land.

McCall Memorial Hospital District board president Andy Laidlaw said the housing shortage has prevented doctors from accepting positions with St. Luke's in McCall due to unaffordable housing costs in the area.

“We're just trying to build a community of healthcare workers that, you know, I mean, it benefits healthcare providers, but it also benefits our community

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