
“It’s hard to survive, and it’s hard to find housing.” “It’s hard to live in a mountain town,” he said. Jim Slanetz is their landlord and also a City Council member.

Now, Kennedy works full time at a real estate firm, while her roommates work at the ski resort in town, a bar and a nonprofit. Kennedy found her rental through Lease to Locals, a program for property owners with empty houses or Airbnbs. “We’re able to walk everywhere - the grocery store, wherever - which has been amazing this winter,” Kennedy said. They rented a 3½-bedroom log cabin right in downtown Ketchum, home to the Sun Valley Resort. It’s impossible to find housing,’” she said.īut they lucked out.

“A lot of our friends worked and lived down here in the winters, and they were like, ‘No. She was hoping to stick around in the resort town, but other seasonal workers told her and her roommates: “Don’t even try.” Amber Kennedy worked at a pizza shop for the summer last year in Ketchum, Idaho.
