Nobody’s Fault, Everybody’s Problem: UM faces housing insecurity amid a tight market

As Missoula's housing crisis worsens and the school year starts back up, new and returning UM students and staff face the tightest housing market Missoula has seen in memory. With a rental vacancy rate of .4% and construction taking away around 266 beds in the dorms since 2019, many people in and around campus face less-than-ideal living situations. 

In this episode, Kaimin Cast editor Elinor Smith gets to the bottom of two questions: how did we get here, and what does that mean for you? 

Full transcripts of this episode and all others are available online at www.montanakaimin.com/the_kaimin_cast/

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A podcast from the Montana Kaimin, University of Montana's independent, student-run newspaper.