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      <title>Housing starts sink to pandemic levels as builders face inflation</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:45:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The change threatens to exacerbate housing shortages and disrupt recent progress in most states toward building enough new housing for new residents.   <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/housing-starts-inflation/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The change threatens to exacerbate housing shortages and disrupt recent progress in most states toward building enough new housing for new residents.   <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/housing-starts-inflation/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Housing construction off Scott Street. (Martin Kidston/Missoula Current)</media:description>
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      <title>City takes steps toward redeveloping J-Street shelter property</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:36:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Missoula Redevelopment Agency on Monday released a request for proposals, seeking a qualified consulting firm to begin gathering public input regarding the 8-acre property's future use. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/johnson-shelter-property/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Missoula Redevelopment Agency on Monday released a request for proposals, seeking a qualified consulting firm to begin gathering public input regarding the 8-acre property&apos;s future use. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/johnson-shelter-property/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>US needs homes - and the workers to build them</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:58:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. needs an estimated 7 million more homes to house everyone who needs shelter. But to build all those homes, experts say, America would need many more construction workers. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/housing-workers-construction/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. needs an estimated 7 million more homes to house everyone who needs shelter. But to build all those homes, experts say, America would need many more construction workers. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/housing-workers-construction/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Housing construction boom may finally moderate rent hikes</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:08:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[An unprecedented surge in the nationwide construction of new housing — mostly apartments — may finally be making a dent in fast-rising rents that have been making life harder for tenants. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/housing-boom-rent/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[An unprecedented surge in the nationwide construction of new housing &#x2014; mostly apartments &#x2014; may finally be making a dent in fast-rising rents that have been making life harder for tenants. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/housing-boom-rent/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">(William Munoz/Missoula Current)</media:description>
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      <title>Zoning reform bills pass Montana House with bipartisan support</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:20:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This week, three bills making big changes in how cities handle zoning passed through the House, each with broad margins and bipartisan support. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/zoning-reform-housing/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This week, three bills making big changes in how cities handle zoning passed through the House, each with broad margins and bipartisan support. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/zoning-reform-housing/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">A large affordable housing project under construction off Scott Street. (William Munoz/Missoula Current)</media:description>
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      <title>Inventory, prices, interest rates vex Missoula's housing market</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:18:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Missoula still faces a supply gap of more than 200 homes and prices are still dancing near an all-time high with a median home value at roughly $520,000. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/missoula-housing-market-2/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Missoula still faces a supply gap of more than 200 homes and prices are still dancing near an all-time high with a median home value at roughly $520,000. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/missoula-housing-market-2/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Housing construction in the Old Sawmill District in Missoula. (Martin Kidston/Missoula Current)</media:description>
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      <title>Sweeping bill to address Arizona’s housing crisis shot down</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The measure would have slashed city control over housing projects, nixing certain zoning requirements and speeding up building by getting rid of a lengthy review and approval processes.  <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/arizona-housing-crisis-2/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The measure would have slashed city control over housing projects, nixing certain zoning requirements and speeding up building by getting rid of a lengthy review and approval processes.  <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/arizona-housing-crisis-2/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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