Montana Zoning Atlas Roundup

By Tanner Avery

03/17/2022

"Our leaders can adopt pro-housing reforms that give landowners the freedom to build new homes where they are needed most."

TAGS: affordable housing, exclusionary zoning, housing, zoning

MTLeg Viewpoint: Affordable Housing: Cut the Red Tape, But Don’t Stop There

By Rep. Kim Abbott, Sen. Jill Cohenour

03/15/2022

"We are facing the question of whether Montana will continue to be a place where working and middle class folks can afford to build a future for themselves and their families."

TAGS: affordable housing, exclusionary zoning, housing, Legislative Viewpoints, zoning

MTLeg Viewpoint: Regulations Stand In The Way Of Attainable Housing

By Rep. Casey Knudsen, Rep. Caleb Hinkle, Rep. Katie Zolnikov, Rep. Braxton Mitchell, Rep. Mallerie Stromswold

03/15/2022

"We can’t wait for solutions and hope the problem goes away. If young people can’t afford to live and raise a family here, the future of Montana is at stake."

TAGS: affordable housing, exclusionary zoning, housing, Legislative Viewpoints, zoning

Montana Cities Need Pro-Housing Reforms

By Kendall Cotton

03/14/2022

Together, Exclusionary Single-Family Zoning and Minimum Lot Areas effectively serve as invisible billboards at the gates of growing Montana neighborhoods which read: “low and middle income residents are not welcome here".

TAGS: affordable housing, housing, zoning

Pro-Housing Reforms

By Tanner Avery

03/11/2022

"Of the cities examined, 70% of primary residential areas either outright prohibit or penalize affordable multi-family housing development."

TAGS: affordable housing, exclusionary zoning, housing, zoning

Jim Applebee

By Frontier Institute

03/09/2022

"Streamlining the process in any way would be a significant factor in saving time and money, and the most important thing – bringing more affordable homes to the market quicker."

TAGS: affordable housing, bozeman, exclusionary zoning, story hero, zoning

Frontier Institute Publishes Montana Zoning Atlas Report

By Frontier Institute

03/03/2022

The Frontier Institute's Montana Zoning Atlas demonstrates how strict zoning regulations impact housing costs.

TAGS: affordable housing, exclusionary zoning, housing, minimum lot sizes, press release, zoning

MTLeg Viewpoint: We Need More Housing

By Sen. Greg Hertz

02/15/2022

"Housing will not get more affordable or more accessible until the root cause of the problem is addressed: supply."

TAGS: ADU, affordable housing, Building Regulations, housing, Legislative Viewpoints

‘Silver Shotgun’ Approach Needed to Address Housing Affordability

By Kendall Cotton

01/31/2022

Land doesn’t come cheap, so requiring larger lots over the standard minimum effectively penalizes multi-family homes by making them more costly to build compared to traditional single-family homes.

TAGS: affordable housing, Building Regulations, housing, zoning

Montana Cities are the Problem, and the Solution to Housing

By Daniel Woislaw

01/06/2022

City governments are the problem with Montana’s housing crisis, but they could be part of the solution

TAGS: ADU, affordable housing, housing

Responding to Myths About Housing Regulation

By Kendall Cotton

12/20/2021

The research consensus is clear that strict regulations discourage affordable housing by adding thousands to costs and stifling development.

TAGS: ADU, affordable housing, Building Regulations, housing, zoning

Residents Want a Well-Rounded Approach to Affordable Housing

By Kendall Cotton

12/17/2021

"Residents appear to understand that subsidies will fall short if they are not accompanied by regulatory reforms that reduce barriers to housing supply. Local leaders ought to take note."

TAGS: affordable housing, Building Regulations, housing, Missoula, regulations