Summary

share of renter households
share of low-income households
share of cost-burdened renter households

Renter population data

Renters vs homeowners
Households by tenure
Households
% share
Renter households
Homeowner households
Total households
Low-income renter households
Renter households by income group
Households
% share
Extremely low-income
≤30% AMI
Very low-income
>30-50% AMI
Low-income
>50-80% AMI
All low-income households
≤80% AMI
Cost-burdened renter households
Share of income spent on housing
Households
% share
Moderately cost-burdened
Severely cost-burdened
All cost-burdened households
Households are cost-burdened when they spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs (rent plus utilities). Those spending more than 50% are severely cost-burdened.

Affordable housing shortage

Rent and income (2024)
Rent & income
Amount ($)
Median household income
Median renter household income
Median monthly rent
Rent as share of renter income
Income needed to afford median rent
Affordable housing stock
Supply, demand & shortage
Units
Supply (current stock)
Demand (total units needed)
Shortage
total shortage
supply/demand ratio
Availability of affordable rental units per 100 households

Finance institutions

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QAP document (Qualified Allocation Plan)

QAP
Montana
The QAP is a document that states, and a few local agencies, must develop in order to distribute federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs), which can be awarded only to a building that fits the QAP’s priorities and criteria. Each QAP must spell out a housing finance agency’s (HFA’s) priorities and specify the criteria it will use to select projects competing for tax credits. The priorities must be appropriate to local conditions.
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County statistics for ELI & VLI renters

S&D ratio = Supply & Demand Ratio
List of counties
Rental population
ELI & VLI (<50% AMI)
Rent-burdened
Affordable housing
Name
Households
% share
Households
% share
Households
% share
Shortage of units
S&D ratio
Beaverhead County
Big Horn County
Blaine County
Broadwater County (Helena area)
Carbon County (Billings area)
Carter County
Cascade County (Great Falls area)
Chouteau County
Custer County
Daniels County
Dawson County
Deer Lodge County
Fallon County
Fergus County
Flathead County (Kalispell area)
Gallatin County (Bozeman area)
Garfield County
Glacier County
Golden Valley County
Granite County
Hill County
Jefferson County (Helena area)
Judith Basin County
Lake County
Lewis and Clark County (Helena area)
Liberty County
Lincoln County
Madison County
McCone County
Meagher County
Mineral County (Missoula area)
Missoula County (Missoula area)
Musselshell County
Park County
Petroleum County
Phillips County
Pondera County
Powder River County
Powell County
Prairie County
Ravalli County
Richland County
Roosevelt County
Rosebud County
Sanders County
Sheridan County
Silver Bow County (Butte area)
Stillwater County (Billings area)
Sweet Grass County
Teton County
Toole County
Treasure County
Valley County
Wheatland County
Wibaux County
Yellowstone County (Billings area)