The western Montana town of 80,000 just overhauled its outdated code and legalized more homes in every neighborhood.

Whitefish neighborhood defender, that is what I used to think of myself. When I served on city council in from 2004-2007, I believed my role was to protect neighborhoods, and the people I considered…

Book Talk: When Driving Is Not an Option A discussion on accessible transportation and city planning with author and advocate Anna Zivarts. Thursday, February 19th, 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m, Missoula, MT.  ...

The new code allows for increased development in more areas of the city, making way for the thousands of units needed to meet demand over the next two decades.

If the change carries through final approval of the larger code document, Missoula will become the first city in Montana to eliminate parking requirements for all new development.

Two Montana senators explain how they made housing reform work across party lines.

The great slowdown began when we started rationing energy. Restarting progress means getting energy that is so abundant that it’s almost free.

Plus: California zoning bill survives powerful lawmaker's economic illiteracy, Montana legislators pass simple, sweeping, supply-side housing reforms, and Washington passes rent control.

The Trump administration's seemingly indiscriminate cuts reach Missoula's spectrUM Discovery Area, stripping the nonprofit science center of two $250,000 federal grants.

Developers continue to deliver so many new apartments that vacancy rates have reached a 16-year high.

Bipartisan efforts won a string of bills for more homes, lower costs, and less red tape for Montanans—with lessons for other states.

Bipartisan efforts won a string of bills for more homes, lower costs, and less red tape for Montanans—with lessons for other states.

Zoning reform is often characterized as a market-enabling response to housing shortages and unaffordable housing. Regrettably this framing belies the potential for zoning reform to encourage state-...

House Bill 848 would create a “Big Sky Rail Account” within the state special revenue fund to help push passenger rail.