A Great Falls city commission candidate suggested earlier this week that the city’s unhoused population could be served by putting them in a single location as a money-making venture.

“I think that there’s a completely untapped opportunity with, I guess, making the homeless issue into a homeless profit,” Anderson told the crowd of roughly 60. “And there is a tourist attraction just waiting to happen.”

The comments were made as part of a candidate forum Monday hosted by one of the city’s nine neighborhood councils. It took place at the Alliance for Youth auditorium and featured the four candidates for the city commission and two mayoral candidates. Anderson is a construction contractor and is a first-time municipal candidate. He previously campaigned as a Republican for the state Legislat

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