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Originally published Aug. 21 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.BELLEVUE, Idaho — Judy Foster, a retired, longtime Hailey resident, regularly spends her Thursdays at the Hunger Coalition in Bellevue where she can enjoy a

Originally published Aug. 21 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.BELLEVUE, Idaho — Judy Foster, a retired, longtime Hailey resident, regularly spends her Thursdays at the Hunger Coalition in Bellevue where she can enjoy a

The organizations have been working to move people from unsafe housing situations, sometimes without heat and running water, to hotel rooms, where the families would pay a portion of the cost. But, they knew those rooms would be occupied intermittently over the course of the winter ski season.

Six local organizations wrote a letter to the Blaine County Commissioners asking for more to be done to address affordable housing.

Nonprofits that noticed an uptick in people needing food and shelter last fall are continuing to sound the alarm, as winter temperatures and the heart of the tourism season force people into sometimes unsafe housing situations.