Affordable Housing

Missoula County will receive federal funding through a land trust to help subsidize affordable housing. The Montana Department of Commerce announced...

Missoula County signed a $30,000 contract with a Portland-based consulting firm to develop an affordable housing strategy, as the tightening market...

Montana’s economic performance in 2020 will go down as the worst in its post war history, but economists say a flood of federal relief dollars have largely buoyed incomes and the state’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana held its annual economic outlook seminar this week and told the story of Montana’s industries.

Montana’s U.S. Representative, Republican Matt Rosendale, will serve on two congressional committees of relevance to Montanans.

Student enrollment in the Big Sky School District has been on an upward trend for the last decade, but a lack of affordable housing in the growing ski resort community has made it challenging to recruit and retain teachers. Administrators and local leaders hope new, subsidized teacher housing will help.

This fall, Montana State University announced it will end on campus housing for staff and faculty to make more space for students. Some employees say they cannot afford the rising cost of living off campus and that MSU’s decision during a pandemic added to already heightened levels of stress.

The Montana Department of Commerce recently awarded three grants totaling $2.4 million to support affordable housing projects in Bozeman and Havre. It’s part of a federal program that’s funded more than $6 million worth of projects in Montana this year.

As real estate prices and rent continue to rise in Bozeman, a new, large scale affordable living project has moved one step closer to becoming a reality.

The Montana Department of Commerce announced Feb. 11 that four towns will receive state funding to support development and rehabilitation of affordable…

As Livingston grows, residents are trying to figure out if the community should focus on maintaining a small town feel, capturing more tourists on their…