HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-28-26 Public Comment - E. Botti-Anderson - From Gabriel Botti-Anderson resident of Bozeman From: Eri Botti-Anderson
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Subject: [EXTERNAL]From Gabriel Botti-Anderson resident of Bozeman
Date: Tuesday,April 28,2026 11:41:35 AM
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I want to first say thank you to the commissioners for taking public comments before the
commission hearing. I am writing you today to hopefully convince you to create a public
housing commission and for the city to start building its own affordable housing stock. The
past few years have shown very clearly that despite the incredebly large vaccancy in new
devolpments not enough landlords are willing to lower their rents to a more reasonable price,
and developers are not willing to build enough affordable housing to curb the housing crisis
here in Bozeman. If the city truely wants to curb the affordability and housing crisis here in
Bozeman, it needs to start building the housing itself. This doesn't have to include just rental
units. Affordable houses in city limits are also desperately needed. If the city did this it could,
with proper planning, eventually eliminate the housing crisis here in Bozeman. It would also
signnificantly lower the cost of living for any resident living in one of those units, and allow
for those who have been displaced out of the city due to rent prices to return to their home
town. On top of that, it would also encourage landlords to lower their rents to a more
reasonable price. In short, a public housing commission would make Bozeman a more
affordable and more prosperous city. I hope you consider this proposal.