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  • New data shows many Missoula County families struggle to find affordable housing

    Montana Budget and Policy Center|Oct 18, 2018

    MISSOULA - The Montana Budget and Policy Center (MBPC) unveiled county-level rental housing affordability data through an innovative online interactive map. Research shows that there is no county in Montana where a minimum wage worker can afford a rental home at fair market rent. In Montana, 46 percent of all renters are cost burdened – paying more than 30 percent of their household income toward housing costs. “Affordability is a major obstacle to housing security and quality of life, and a growing number of Montanans are paying levels of ren...