The issue of affordable housing has been a problem for communities across Montana, but in Deer Lodge, a new housing complex is helping to solve that problem for employees of the Montana State Prison.

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"Its a big stress relief. We came up here in the camper, and we were thankful for that, but just something thats not camping anymore, you know? Were going to be able to sleep in our own bed. So thats going to be great," says Stephanie Erb.

Erb and her husband Kenneth are correctional officers at the prison. She says it was hard to find housing when she started her job in January.

"Its a safe space...a short way to work. Its a place to call home," says Erb.

In 2023 Montana legislators allocated funding to create workforce housing through the Montana Reinvestment Plan

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