Montana Free Press: While the median home price in the city nears $500,000, officials believe a record number of housing permits last year is reason for hope.

The New York Times: A short-term rental gold rush is fueling concern for the area’s signature trees and debates about whether the nature of life in the desert of southeastern California is changing forever.

The Park County housing action plan (HAP), finalized in early 2022, aims to define clear goals, strategies, policies, priorities, and responsible parties for implementation to create and preserve homes affordable to Park County, Montana, residents. The plan will define a mechanism to monitor progress and priorities.

NPR: Builders for many years just weren't building enough to keep up with demand. That lack of supply has pushed home prices to record levels.

The New York Times: With lift tickets above $225 and surcharges of up to $100 to ride the tram to the top, the vast Montana resort is delivering a high-end experience. Is it a solution to skiing’s problems?

Montana Public Radio: For decades, housing affordability has been a hot-button issue in Bozeman politics, a clear community pain point where the city’s elected leaders haven’t managed to deliver significant relief. As insider and outsider candidates campaigned for city offices in 2021, housing policy became the election’s key issue.

San Francisco Chronicle: Data shows that Montana has surged in popularity.

Mountain Journal: Outdoor recreation in America is worth nearly $1 trillion annually but like any consumptive industry, it can make nature a casualty.

The Park County Housing Action Plan is a great approach. Now let's do the numbers.

Each year Prospera Business Network develops the Economic Profile of Gallatin and Park Counties to share a look at the state of our regional economy in Southwest Montana. Our goal is to assemble the most up-to-date information on economic, population and demographic trends to help business leaders plan for the future.

As the recent Park County Housing Needs Assessment reveals, the price of real estate has skyrocketed, rising at rates never seen before. So what’s driving this?

Northwest Colorado Council of Governments: Are COVID Impacts on Housing & Services Here to Stay?

Daily Montanan: Residents of a coastal Oregon neighborhood in November 2021 successfully passed a ballot initiative that, over the next five years, will do away with short-term rentals in unincorporated communities.

Post Register: More people visit Island Park each year and more homeowners are turning their properties into short-term rentals.

HRDC's Lila Fleishman, Ben Davis, of the Whitefish City Commission, Mathieu Menard, of the City of Livingston, join PCEC for a discussion of short-term rental regulations.

A Valuable Lesson Learned with the Conflict Mitigation Zoning District Regulations.

The Wall Street Journal: Growing populations of towns in ‘wildland-urban interface’ is a key reason for rising wildfire threat in the West, researchers say.

GovOS: The popularity of short-term rentals shows no signs of slowing down, creating complex issues for local governments.

Park County Proposed Conflict Mitigation Regulations, County Improves Public Participation Rules but comes up short implementing them, Bus Tour to the Future, Livingston Growth Policy, and more!

The Park County Housing Coalition, collaboratively launched by the Park County Community Foundation and Human Resource Development Council of District IX (HRDC), is releasing the 2021 Park County Housing Needs Assessment. This assessment compiles information to document our community-wide housing challenge.