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August 2018

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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August 2018

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

Montana Free Press and Missoula Independent By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press When Bill Kaye says the staff and volunteers of the Livingston Food Resource Center saved his life, he isn’t...

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June 2018

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

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June 2018

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

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May 2018

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

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May 2018

Montana's poor more burdened by housing costs than others

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April 2018

Policy report: Statewide rent prices rising faster than national average

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April 2018

Montana budget cuts: Looking back, and moving forward

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