Governor-hopeful Busse talks housing affordability

This story is excerpted from Capitolized, a weekly newsletter featuring expert reporting, analysis and insight from the editors and reporters of Montana Free Press. Want to see Capitolized in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here. Ryan Busse, the only Democrat currently mounting a challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte this year, devoted much his campaign’s first major press conference at the state Capitol this week to one of the state’s most pressing issues: housing affordability. If elected, Busse said, he will push for a “housing for heroes” program that “coordinates with