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Tackling Housing Affordability in Montana
Housing has always been a public policy priority. Governments that cannot put roofs over the heads of their citizens are not judged kindly by either their people or by history. In the United States there are dozens of policies aimed at making it easier for Americans to own or rent housing. These range from national policies, such as the tax deduction of mortgage interest to the provision of subsidized housing in local communities.
Montana's Unaffordable Housing Crisis
The lack of affordable housing has been an increasingly difficult problem for many Montana communities. With relatively few affordable homes available for households earning a low income, and with much of the existing affordable inventory aging and in need of rehabilitation, many households earning a low income are being priced out of housing markets.
Missoula Housing Prices Soar
Home prices in Missoula have been rising steadily since 2012, with very little sign of slowing. The median sale price of a Missoula home in 2019 was around $315,000. The first few months of data for 2020 shows the median sale price rising to over $340,000, making it harder for residents to find affordable living situations. While home prices have been growing across the board in Missoula County, they have been rising fastest among entry-level homes.
Choosing A Side - The Park Journal
I didn’t experience overt racism growing up in Canada. Growing up in Mississauga, Ont., my parents raised me and my brothers in good neighbourhoods. They shielded us from the experiences they faced at different times in their life. I played outside in the streets, without fear, and when my parents saw me with a football in my hands, they realized this was it. "Play football and go pro,” I was told. I didn’t have a second job. Football was my job. I felt an added sense of responsibility to succeed.
Canadian Brandon Bridge seemingly leaving football to pursue policing career
Canadian quarterback Brandon Bridge is moving on from football for the time being. Peel Regional Police announced Friday the 27-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., was pursuing a career in policing. Bridge makes the move following five seasons in the CFL, where Canadian quarterbacks have long struggled to maintain jobs. He hasn’t closed the door on his football career but it appears to be headed that way.
Scientific Research’s Multimillion-Dollar Economic Punch
Across Montana, scientific research is having a significant impact on the state’s economy. Researchers are studying how traumatic injuries change human brains, the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts and how they integrate with cells, how to predict trends in the evolution of bird shapes, how to overcome herbicide-resistant weeds, how to breed more profitable wheat varieties, and the list goes on. The Montana University System (MUS) provides a home for this research.
Missoula’s Income Disparity and Housing Troubles
The issues facing working class Montanans seem daunting – struggling to afford a basic middle class life with historically low wages and soaring housing costs. It’s an issue seen across the country where nearly 43 percent of households don’t earn enough to afford their monthly budget of food, rent, child care, health care and bills. In the microcosm of a city like Missoula, it’s even more apparent. There is a growing disparity between those who own a home and those who rent.
Homebuilding in Montana’s Hot Markets
The housing price growth that has pushed the issue of housing affordability to center stage began in earnest around the year 2000. Growth in prices accelerated to average 7.4 percent per year between 2000 and the peak of 2009, more than twice as fast as the 3.5 percent gains per year in median household income over the same period.
Bridge signs one-year deal with Argos
28s ago TSN.ca Staff Brandon Bridge , The Canadian Press The Toronto Argonauts have signed Canadian QB Brandon Bridge to a one-year deal, according to TSN's Farhan Lalji. Bridge spent the last three seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Toronto native played in eight games last season where he completed 82 of 131 passes and threw one touchdown.
Entrepreneurship in Montana
Montana has a strong entrepreneurial spirit. The state has more entrepreneurs per capita than any other state and a business survival rate (businesses that survive their first five years) that ranks in the top 10. Some 3,400 Montanans start a new business each month, and more than half of those startups are still open five years later. To put it simply, Montana is among the nation’s leaders in entrepreneurship.
Medicaid Expansion a Huge Success
Medicaid expansion could become a major election issue in the upcoming midterms, as its set to renew in 2019. For policymakers and stakeholders in Montana’s health care system, the big questions revolve around its costs and whether the state can afford it. But analysis shows the health care program not only pays for itself, it significantly boosts the state’s economy.
Bitcoin in Montana
Bitcoin has been all over the news lately thanks to its meteoric rise last year. The merits of the cryptocurrency have been debated by experts on CNBC and Bloomberg, touted by celebrities such as actor Ashton Kutcher and rapper 50 Cent and been the topic of late night comedians like Jon Oliver. You may have heard the terms “hodl,” “hyperbitcoinization,” “nocoiner” and “fiatsplaining” from friends in the know or read about Bitcoin fortunes being made or lost.
Missoula’s Affordable Housing Crisis
Missoula is a great place to live for many reasons – the natural beauty and wealth of available activities are two aspects that have brought consistent population growth to the area. Since 2000, Missoula County’s population has grown by over 20,000 people, currently making Missoula the second largest city in the state. But that growth has brought some challenges.
Roughriders bring in QB Bridge for workout
The Saskatchewan Roughriders could be adding another quarterback to the mix. TSN's Farhan Lalji reports the team brought in National pivot Brandon Bridge for a workout on Monday. A native of Toronto, Bridge received his release from the Montreal Alouettes on August 1. The Roughriders (1-5) already have four quarterbacks on their roster in Darian Durant, Mitchell Gale, G.J. Kinne and Vad Lee, as well as B.J. Coleman and Jake Waters on the six-game injured list.
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