Ripple effect of Seattle's high housing costs reach Mount Rainier

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Housing in parts of Washington state is so expensive that 124-year-old Mount Rainier National Park had to do something it's never done before: Ask landlords for help.

Driving the news: The park — which draws close to 2.5 million visitors annually — put out a request for proposals last month from property owners of houses, apartments and RV pads within 50 miles of Paradise willing to lease their properties to the park.

Officials said there is not enough park housing for the 200 to 300 workers and volunteers needed in the summer.
Why it matters: The park's pilot program underscores how wide-ranging, and sometimes surprising, the impacts of Puget Sound's affordable housing crisis are.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/ripple-effect-of-seattle-s-high-housing-costs-reach-mount-rainier/ar-AA18KN10

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1. Yosemite park also has difficulty attracting personnel due to a housing

shortage in the surrounding communities.

Short term Vacation rentals are part of the problem, but not the only problem.

Costs to build and support infrastructure are probably the main problem in the Sierra foothills.