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Jill Bonny writes, "If we are serious about reducing unsheltered homelessness, protecting public health, and moving people toward permanent housing, then we must invest in both low-barrier congregate and non-congregate shelters."

The governor hopes cities will pass an ordinance banning "persistent camping in one location" and encampments that block "free passage on sidewalks."

The Poverello has been working to secure the funding needed to redevelop portions of the old Clark Fork Inn on West Broadway into a veteran transitional housing facility.

David Quattrocchi writes, "We’re not solving homelessness—we’re hiding it, while expecting service providers, defunded by federal cuts, to carry the burden."

Assembly Bill 1165 would designate an as-of-yet undetermined amount of money to solve both the state's housing and homelessness crisis.

When the city closes the Johnson Street shelter later this year, it will donate the module bathrooms installed last year to the county and its Temporary Safe Outdoor Space.

The city's mayor and the Missoula Redevelopment Agency have proposed allocating access funding from the Johnson Street Shelter to help fund the city's housing sprint as shelter operations wind down over the next few months.

Daniel Carlino writes, "When the Missoula City Council votes to defund the Johnson Street shelter without providing alternative places for people to sleep, it negatively impacts all of us."

Skyrocketing homelessness in Montana prompts proposals to ban urban camping, supportive housing approaches met with resistance.

Saying the general fund can't absorb the annual $2 million cost of operating the Johnson Street shelter, the City of Missoula has begun a phased closure of the facility.