Finding a place to live in Gallatin County is a fraught task.
New rentals are few and far between. Homes for sale seem even fewer and farther with skyrocketing demand and a diminishing housing supply.
The market has pushed some, and pulled others, to give up living in a stationary home — at least for a while — in exchange for becoming full-time residents of their RVs, campers or trailers.
As a result, small cities of all varieties of motor homes have popped up in local campgrounds, big-box store parking lots and side streets.
It’s a result of the pandemic and is new to Bozeman, but the city’s not alone. There’s been a rise in people living in vehicles across the country, Human Resources Development Council CEO Heather Grenier said.
“It really was just a direct correlation to the housing market … so many people were displaced as a result
