In some cities with growing numbers of homeless people the issue goes beyond

encampments in public places they're also coping with more people living in cars

and RVs parked on city streets. Montana PBS is Joe Lissar reports on how city leaders in Bozeman, Montana

are dealing with the tensions arising from this more visible display of homelessness.

I tell you, man got to have thick skin out here.

Oh we got the windows broke out.

That one up there is just completely gone.

Yeah, that one's had the BB come through there.

Steve and Belinda Ankney have been living in their trailer

on the streets of Bozeman for the past three years.

We take plates around or if people are having a hard time and they're not eating, they'll stop

by and ask if we can help her anyway.

The rising cost of living has only compounded issues they've been facing for years.

I was raised with the drugs, I was raised with the alcohol, because that's all I knew.

Both have struggled with addiction.

Belinda works full-time at a restaurant, but health issues made worse by

inconsistent access to care have affected Stephen's ability to work.

One of the biggest misconceptions is that we want to be here, that we're not trying to get out.

Belinda's legal troubles add another barrier to securing housing.

Yeah, the mental health issues, the drug issues, the in and out of incarceration, not getting

the right help, not being on the right meds, you know just just just

just this. Urban camping as it's been named has increased by 200% in the last two

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