Members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday held one councilor's proposal to ban sweeps of homeless camps when weather conditions are deemed hazardous.
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Lara Salizar writes, "Providing Medicaid coverage and comprehensive healthcare is a strategic investment in the strength and resilience of communities."
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading a coalition to overturn a court decision that makes it illegal for cities to prohibit urban camping without available shelter beds.
Mayor Andrea Davis writes, "My administration is focusing on key priorities aimed at fostering transparency, community engagement and the well-being of our beloved city."
Work to address homelessness in Missoula has been paying off, but the funding needed to maintain a number of local programs may be difficult to find later this year, city officials said.
A significantly pared-down version of Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature housing bill cleared a Senate committee, suggesting lawmakers are willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on housing and homelessness.
The Montana Coalition to Solve Homelessness found nearly every community in the state had experienced a “dramatic increase” in the need for shelter and other services in the past three years.
An effort to identify and track homeless individuals in Missoula reached a milestone with the city saying it now has updated information on each person and can refer to the data in real-time.