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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.

Critics of the FHA COVID relief policy say it’s keeping unqualified borrowers in their homes without making a payment for two to three years, and delaying scarce inventory from going on the market.

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.

The intersection has a number of limitations, including pedestrian crossings on one leg and vehicle movements on another.

The Senate Taxation Committee made headway on the property tax debate by moving several bills originating in the House through the committee on Wednesday morning, despite reservations by several legislators.

An old development agreement for a parcel of land off Mullan Road would be amended to permit greater density in exchange for payment into the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

Property managers with four or more units would be required to return application fees to prospective renters who are not selected.

Senate Bill 117 would require local governments to roll 25% of newly taxable residential property value into reducing rates.

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."

As the Montana Legislature moves into the last three weeks of its 2025 session, lawmakers still have to sort through a lot of proposals for property tax relief.