Free public lecture series
Fall/Winter 2026-2027Building Smarter Together: Housing Solutions Under the Big Sky
What to ExpectFront Step Community Land Trust presents the Building Smarter Together Speaker Series in coalition with ProHousing Missoula and Montanans For Housing.
Expert national speakers share insights on how policymakers, developers, and advocates can permanently address the housing shortage.
The series includes a virtual book club and events throughout Montana reaching state decision-makers, community members, and local leaders.
We welcome all community members interested in housing affordability solutions.
Free event series
Schedule
Virtual Book Club - Wednesday Dec. 9 at 5:30 PM. Sign up here - First 15 RSVPs receive free copy of the book
Gregg Colburn - Wednesday Dec. 16 at 5:30-7 PM at the University Center Theater in Missoula RSVP here - no cost
Gregg Colburn - Thursday Dec. 17 at 5:30-7 PM at the Rialto Theater in Bozeman RSVP here - no cost
Chris Allen with Incremental Development Alliance - Wednesday Jan. 27 at 5:30-7 PM at Kiln Bozeman
Chris Allen with Incremental Development Alliance - Thursday Jan. 28 at 5:30-7 PM at the Cooper Room, Missoula Public Library. Registration Link
Shane Phillips - Wednesday Feb 3 5:30-7 PM at the Cooper Room, Missoula Public Library
To learn more or inquire about sponsorship opportunities, contact us: info@frontstepclt.org
Lecture 1:
“Homelessness is a Housing Problem”
“The researchers test a range of conventional beliefs about what drives the prevalence of homelessness in a given city—including mental illness, drug use, poverty, weather, generosity of public assistance, and low-income mobility—and find that none explain why, for example, rates are so much higher in Seattle than in Chicago.
Instead, housing market conditions, such as the cost and availability of rental housing, offer a more convincing explanation.”
Curious?
Join our virtual Book Club in advance of Gregg Colburn’s lectures. The first club meets Wed., Dec. 9, at 5:30 PM Mountain Time.
The first 15 people who sign up will receive a free copy of the book, and all participants will receive an exclusive invite to an afterparty with Gregg after his speaking events.