Poor housing conditions create additional challenges for an already difficult job: wildland firefighting. Firefighters and their families are trying to resolve these issues through legislation.
Last winter, residents of a mobile home park in Missoula found out that the development had been sold and that rents would go up. The park’s new owners also plan to change the property’s layout, which will displace some long-term renters.
Affordable housing options can look like bulldozer bait to real estate developers looking to create more high-income condos. Nonprofits and tenants in one Missoula neighborhood are taking an innovative approach to keep that from happening.
Montana families that rely on federal housing assistance are having a harder time finding places to live. The tight housing market has sent rents climbing, but federal assistance hasn't kept pace.
The city and county of Missoula opened a legal campsite on Tuesday for people experiencing homelessness. It’s one way the two governments are addressing the growing number of people experiencing homelessness in the area.
Low-income housing developers in Montana are looking for new ways to build homes as labor and building material prices skyrocket amid the pandemic. 3D printing may be one answer.
A representative for the health system says its first-ever capital investment in creating housing units for its employees will help with recruitment and retention.
A federal program aimed at funding affordable housing on tribal reservations hasn’t kept up with inflation since it was established in 1996. But hundreds of millions of dollars of pandemic relief money recently passed by Congress is giving tribal housing authorities the opportunity to build new homes for the first time in years.