The rental housing market in Potsdam is stretched because of the two universities, Clarkson and SUNY Potsdam, and because of the increasing trend in CPH – Canton Potsdam Hospital utilizing temporary physicians staffing following national trends.
Locum Tenens, temporary staffing for physicians and nurses reports that 47% of healthcare facility managers said they now are seeking locum tenens physicians.
This is up from 42% in 2014 and up from 39% in 2012. This is the highest number of healthcare facilities actively seeking locum tenens providers at any given
time that Staff Care has recorded in any of its annual surveys.
Primary care remains the specialty in highest demand as locum tenens.
43.5% of healthcare facility managers surveyed said they used locum tenens
primary care physicians in the last 12 months, up from 35% in 2014 and up from 28% in 2012.
Finding suitable temporary rental housing in Potsdam, NY is sometimes an issue because of the large number of rental units that cater to the student market.
For example, CVP, Collegiate Village Potsdam, has hundreds of one-bedroom units available, but with shared living rooms and kitchens, which assumes there will be students in the units sharing the various rooms and having their own private bedroom and bathroom facilities.
Adirondack Quality Apartments is addressing the need for professional rental and one-bedroom units in Potsdam, NY by providing efficiencies, with private small kitchenettes in each private area that consists of one large room with space for living, studying, sleeping, and a kitchenette. There is also a large, full, private bath with a 5-foot shower and plenty of shelf space.