There’s a lot of factors causing Bozeman’s housing crisis — an influx of out of state residents, increased cost of land and materials and workforce shortages, to name a few.

But a recent study puts part of the blame on local government’s zoning regulations.

The “Montana Zoning Atlas,” published by the right-leaning Frontier Institute last week, contends that zoning regulations in Bozeman and other Montana cities explicitly or implicitly prevent multi-family housing on much of their residential land.