Finding Home: Montana's Housing Crisis
Series produced by University of Montana Journalism
Reported news features exploring the struggle to find and stay in affordable housing in and near Missoula, Montana, during an historic boom.
Produced by students taught by Jule Banville in the Advanced Audio course at the University of Montana School of Journalism.
7 Pieces
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Oldest First
The Blackfeet Nation hasn’t had a shelter available as temporary housing for almost a decade. That changed late last year, in part through a grant ...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 05:04
Affordable housing options can look like bulldozer bait to developers looking to create more high-income condos. Nonprofits and tenants in one Mont...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:39
Fair housing laws protect many Montanans from discrimination when they’re looking for a place to rent or buy. But when it comes to felons, there’s ...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 05:13
People living next to a KOA campground in Missoula found out this winter that the land under their homes had been sold and rents would go up. The n...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 05:12
Jack, known to most around Hamilton, Montana, died of hypothermia in a place with harsh winters. That helped people already helping those strugglin...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:39
Seasonal firefighters live in surprising conditions on the job and off: in truck beds, the backs of cars, even in abandoned buildings. It’s not eas...
- Added: May 03, 2022
- Length: 05:06
Without phones, people who need housing and services have less of a chance of getting help. In Missoula, Montana, two programs that aim to close th...
- Added: May 03, 2022
- Length: 02:52
