Heard Around the West
Jun 01, 2021
3 minutes
BY BETSY MARSTON
MONTANA
ean Hawksford’s story on NPR’s should have been happy: He’d moved to Bozeman, Montana, married a local woman, and now they were getting ready to have their first child. Unfortunately, buying a home was proving insanely difficult; competitors were offering at least $500,000 for every house that came on the market. Hawksford made 18 unsuccessful offers. Feeling desperate, he found a big piece of cardboard and made a sign that he held
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