Montana DOC launching online survey on renters assistance.

(Montana) The Montana Department of Commerce announced today that an online survey of Montana renters has been launched to gather information to better understand the actual amount of assistance low-income Montanans need to afford housing.

The survey will be used to request an update to fair market rents for the state of Montana from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, based on a more accurate reflection of current local market conditions, according the DOC.

Montana renters will receive a letter in the mail this week which will have survey instructions and a code to get started. The DOC says that the survey should not take more than 10 minutes to fill out.