Affordable housing is a priority

 


Dear Editor,

Recent surveys, public meetings, and conversations among concerned citizens living in Sanders County reveal available, affordable housing is our # 1 priority. According to a recent OP-ED in the Missoulian from Monica Tranel, Democratic Candidate for Congress, the median cost for housing has risen 23% since the end of 2020.

Ouch!

And that’s if you can find an available dwelling to rent or purchase. As a board member of Sanders County Community Housing Organization (www.sccho.org) for almost a decade, I’ve seen the situation grow from bad to impossible.

Qualified teachers, law enforcement personnel, medical practitioners, electricians, plumbers, and builders get employment, but what they can’t find is a home.

Every family who wants to re-locate to our beautiful county to work, live, and raise families can not because affordable housing is not available.

Sanders County doesn’t need another ka-zillionaire escaping the smog of Southern California, nor an East Coast urban carpetbagger seeking power in our rural state when Montanans can solve our own problems as we always have using the resources we have in abundance: our proud, capable, and committed people.

Martha D. Humphreys, Noxon

 

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