Heather Grenier News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The Missoula Public Library hosted a summit that is the first of its kind on Thursday put on by the Montana Coalition to Solve Homelessness.

Sunday’s edition of PBS News Weekend spent 13 minutes out of its allotted 25 taking the loose liberal attitude toward homelessness (“the unhoused”) as a Supreme Court case looms. PBS found yet another liberal, an assistant public health professor at Cornell University, to make its preferred ideological case in the first segment, arguing an Oregon law limiting homeless camping in public spaces punishes people for being on the streets.

Homeless shelters in Montana are overwhelmed with the demand for services, which they say has increased by upwards of 30% in five years.

Several Bozeman officials said during a panel on Friday that many federal programs aren’t helping the affordable housing crisis in the area.

Vanessa Bond at 20 years old was evicted from her home following an abusive relationship and struggles with addiction. She lived in her car before it was towed and lived for months on the street in Billings before she found shelter and resources at the Montana Rescue Mission.