Diane M. Kimura

"All of a sudden people can’t afford it and they’re out,” said Chris Sage, who coordinates homelessness data in Montana for a nonprofit group. Homelessness has grown 62% in the state since 2019.

Missoula had 60 homeless encampments in parks as of late August, according to a city report. To address the problem without running afoul of the Ninth Circuit, the City Council passed an emergency ordinance in June making it easier to remove encampments from parks used by youth camps and other groups.

"We don’t want to lose control of the parks,” Missoula Mayor Jordan Hess said. Trees have been cut down and irrigation systems destroyed by homeless people, the Democrat said, and earlier this year, city workers removed about 100 pounds of rotting bacon from an encampment.

Since the ordinance went into effect, city crews have removed between eight and 10 of the most problematic homeless camps, but many of the people living in them have moved on to other parks, Hess said.

Dena Burnham Johnson…we have so many homeless but Biden keeps the southern border open raising prices on housing.

A Montana Town Faces a Homelessness Problem Similar to San Francisco and L.A.
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