Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) joins President Donald Trump at a
Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) joins President Donald Trump at a "Make America Great Again" rally at the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport on November 3, 2018 in Belgrade, Montana.
  • Montana Governor Greg Gianforte was once best known for assaulting a reporter.
  • These days, he's recognized for bipartisan housing reforms that YIMBYs call the "Montana Miracle."
  • But many progressives say a free-market approach to housing won't do enough to solve the crisis.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte blames Paramount's hit 2018 soap opera "Yellowstone" for what he calls his state's most pressing crisis: housing affordability.