Montana Department of Commerce Launches Fair Market Rent Survey

The Montana Department of Commerce announced last week an online survey of Montana renters has been launched to gather information to better understand the actual amount of assistance low-income Montanans need to afford housing.

“We are asking for your help with an important study to better understand how inflation, the limited supply of rental housing, increased demand, high cost of labor, increases in property insurance rates and other factors have driven up the cost of housing and impacted rental housing throughout Montana,” said Cheryl Cohen, Commerce Housing Division Administrator. “We ho...