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Missoula tenant survey shows high cost burden; organizers push tenant working group
Summary
A Front Strep/tenant-union presentation reported high renter cost burdens—survey presenters said 46% of respondents are severely cost-burdened and 76% report some cost burden—and tenant organizers proposed a working group to develop tenant-focused solutions and model policies.
Front Strep representatives presented results of a citywide renter survey showing high housing cost burdens and urged convening a tenant production working group.
Jana Richter said survey findings show roughly two-thirds of renter households fall into lower-income ranges and that "over 0.333 have very or extremely low incomes." The presentation noted 46% of survey respondents were described as severely cost-burdened (paying about half of income on rent) and that 76% of respondents reported some level of cost burden. Richter and other presenters emphasized the human impacts: survey comments describe chronic stress about housing stability even among full-time workers.
Speakers including a presenter identified as Brenna described tenant-union activity in Missoula and nearby cities, proposed practical measures—model leases, tenant-friendly application practices and an affordable-housing trust fund—and asked city staff to partner on a tenant-production working group to move from diagnosis to concrete solutions.
