Bozeman Mobile Home Tenants Launch Rent Strike, Landlord Launches Eviction Proceedings

Fri, 01 May 2026 07:30:00 -0600

Tenants at two Bozeman-area mobile home parks have announced Montana’s first rent strike in over fifty years, citing rent increases they describe as “aggressive,” “unreasonable,” and “the reason I now understand what the word ‘untenable’ means.”

The landlord, an out-of-state property management group, responded within hours by promising eviction proceedings, which tenants said was the fastest response they’d received from management on any issue since moving in.

“I’ve been asking them to fix my water heater since October,” said Debi Fassler, 61, a King Arthur Park resident. “But I stop paying rent and suddenly they know my name, my unit number, and the specific section of Montana code that applies to my situation. It’s the most attention they’ve ever paid to this property.”

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Bozeman Mobile Home Tenants Launch Rent Strike, Landlord Launches Eviction Proceedings