Tackling Housing Affordability in Montana
With few affordable homes available for households earning a low income, many are being priced out of housing markets.
Brandon Bridge is an economist and director of forecasting at the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana.
With few affordable homes available for households earning a low income, many are being priced out of housing markets.
The lack of affordable housing has been an increasingly difficult problem for many Montana communities. A shortage of homes and stagnant incomes have widened the divide.
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