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Posted inHousing

Poll finds three-quarters of Montanans worried about housing affordability

A lack of affordable housing, sprawling development and the state’s “changing character” topped the list of issues Montanans are concerned about, a recent poll of 500 likely voters found. The survey, which was commissioned by the Crown of the Continent and Greater Yellowstone Initiative housed under the University of Montana, also gauged Montanans’ appetite for a handful of federal conservation initiatives and efforts to support wildlife migrations.