Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt Say They’re ‘Still Devastated’ More Than a Year After California Wildfires—As They Reveal Their Home’s Toll on Children

Former reality stars Heidi Montag again Spencer Pratt have revealed they still don’t have a permanent home—more than a year after losing their Pacific Palisades property to the 2025 California wildfires.

Montag, 39, and Pratt, 42, have two sons, Gunner,7, and Ryker3, were among several celebrities whose homes were destroyed by the devastating fire, which left 100,000 residents homeless shortly after the fire.

But unlike many stars who had second homes to move into, or enough money to support temporary living while they rebuilt, the couple says they can’t afford to build a new home, admitting they put down almost all of their savings just to make a down payment.

Speaking to Gold Derby, former “The Hills” star Montag admitted that she and her husband couldn’t keep up with their monthly payments on the house, which they bought for $2.5 million in 2017.

“Unfortunately to rebuild, we just don’t have the money. We couldn’t pay the mortgage,” he said. “We spent all our work to pay the money.”

The fire left Montag and Pratt distraught, he added, admitting his family still feels “lost.”

“Unfortunately, we are in a place where we cannot look to rebuild, and we are not sure where we will go. Right now we are lost,” he said. “People don’t realize that most people can’t rebuild.”

Montag highlighted the changing nature of the Palisades housing market, noting that many of his neighbors have found themselves in a similar situation—having bought their homes decades ago, when home prices were at their lowest in the area.

“A lot of families bought their houses 40 or 50 years ago when it was very cheap in LA,” he explained. “It’s just turned into this luxury housing complex. It’s never been Beverly Hills before. Most of them were manufactured homes that were passed down, they can’t rebuild. Unfortunately, for us right now, it doesn’t look promising.”

The pop star—whose husband announced earlier this year that he plans to run for mayor of Los Angeles in the 2026 election, opposing the incumbent. Karen Bass—revealed that one of the saddest things about his family’s situation is the suffering his young children have suffered.

“I think it’s really hard for my 3-year-old,” he said. “He keeps asking to go home and I said he’s not there. He says I’ll push it and come back stronger.” All the animals he saw said that their house had burned down. So it continues to affect him a lot.”

The devastating fires, which broke out on January 7, 2025, destroyed thousands of homes and claimed the lives of 31 people, according to official records.

The two largest fires—the Palisades fire and the Eaton fire—tore through entire communities, destroying hundreds of properties, many of which remain vacant.

Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Altadena were all heavily impacted by the wildfires, which wiped out an estimated $8.3 billion in home values ​​in these areas, according to a data analysis by Realtor.com®.

Pratt has been an outspoken critic of the way wildfires are being managed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Bass, who revealed in January that he felt politically motivated by his desire to bring change to those who died as a result of the fire.

“I never wanted to be mayor,” Pratt said during an interview with “Fox & Friends”. “I don’t want to be in politics, I want to go back to my home and my family.

“These people who were in charge were supposed to resign on January 7, January 8, and I was waiting for someone to step up and follow these people but no one did that, I said, ‘Okay, it’s my job to do that.’

Pratt, a Republican, first revealed his mayoral aspirations during an event called “Let’s Burn!” which was in LA in early January to mark the first anniversary of the wildfires.

The launch of his political campaign also coincided with the release of his new tell-all book, titled “The Guy You Loved to Hate: Confessions from a Reality TV Villain,” prompting Bass to accuse Pratt of running for mayor only in an effort to boost content and increase sales.

“This book has nothing to do with travel [Bass] put me through letting my house burn down,” Pratt shot during an appearance on Fox & Friends.

He also dispelled the idea that he is a one-issue fan focused on his star-studded community.

“What everyone in Los Angeles should be concerned about is that these city leaders are OK with letting people burn alive, and shut them down,” Pratt said, adding that he was also shocked by the quality of life issues affecting parts of LA, including homelessness and drug use.

“Anyone who drives on the streets of LA … we’re in very dark times,” he said.

In April 2025, Pratt again expressed his anger about the wildfires when he revealed that his parents were forced to put their family home on the market after living there for four decades.

“After 40 years in the Palisades my parents were forced to sell our family home today,” she wrote on TikTok, while sharing photos of the destroyed property.

The former MTV star went on to say that her parents bought the home for just $400,000—although records show it was last purchased in 1987 for $840,000 and is currently listed inWilliamagainJanet Pratt.

They put the land where their home once stood on the market for $4.93 million at the end of March, with the listing describing the 8,147-square-foot property as a “rare opportunity to rebuild,” adding that the former building had been a “treasured home for over 37 years.”

However, records show the property was taken off the market in December after a price cut brought the asking price down to $4 million.

At the end of January, the PresidentDonald Trump signed an executive order allowing the federal government to take action to clean up and rebuild from the California wildfires, which caused billions of dollars in damage to homes and property.

By order of Jan. 27, Trump overruled local government officials to allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration to begin speeding up permits and approvals for homes.

The White House vowed the move would speed up efforts to rebuild the damaged buildings in the Palisades and Eaton—as residents continue to express frustration with the pace of cleanup and rebuilding efforts.

Trump has now promised to end that “nightmare of delay, uncertainty, and mismanagement as they continue to be evicted from their homes.”

The order, which was first reported by the California Post, requires the first rules to be set within 30 days. Final rules must be within 90 days. They must allow permits, waivers, revisions and approvals to be made in a manner that promotes rapid reconstruction, the order said.

“I want to see if we can take over the city and the state and give people the permits they want to build,” Trump told the Post.