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New data shows many Carbon County families struggling with affordable housing

Carbon County News Today, the Montana Budget and Policy Center (MBPC) unveiled county-level rental housing affordability data through an innovative online interactive map. Research shows that there...

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Report: Missoula's low-income earners squeezed by high rental prices

Missoulian A worker earning minimum wage in Missoula County would have to work 81 hours every week to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair-market rent without severely straining a household...

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Forgotten Communities: How state budget cuts gut public aid infrastructure in Montana’s rural counties

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Growth and taxes: Can Alaska’s local option sales tax system prove a model for Montana?

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MyVyllage: Missoula start-up mentors new child care businesses, connects families

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105-unit affordable housing complex proposed for former Skyvew trailer park site

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Montana's poor more burdened by housing costs than others

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Policy report: Statewide rent prices rising faster than national average

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MBPC is a nonprofit organization focused on providing credible and timely research and analysis on budget, tax, and economic issues that impact low- and moderate-income Montana families.