housing

CI-121 would have based residential property’s assessed value on what it was in 2019, then limited any increases in value to no more than 2% per year. Property could only be reassessed to its new market value after it was sold or substantially improved.

Dick Barrett writes, "Even if reappraisal had been neutralized by the Republican legislature, we would still be left with the regressive property tax system we have in place today, with hardly any relationship between tax bills and ability to pay."

As growth expands into rural areas around Missoula, infrastructure will be needed to guide and sustain it, but not all communities may be receptive to the upgrades, a recent survey found.

Seven months after approving a Lower Miller Creek subdivision, members of the City Council on Wednesday approved a development agreement requiring the project to pay 36% of the cost of a new roundabout at a key intersection.

With the addition of workforce housing to Montana's definition of infrastructure, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency is working on ways to apply tax increment to future projects.

While the department's new requests add up to around $1.59 million, they don't yet include probable requests around homelessness and shelter. Those requests will be presented in the coming weeks.

Coalitions of powerful Montana organizations representing public employees, local governments and business interests are joining Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen in arguing that a proposal to limit property taxes violates the constitution and would have sweeping negative financial effects.

Mike Kadas and Daniel Kemmis write, "This is a whole new level of intrusion into the local electoral process and it is an extremely dangerous precedent."

Colorado’s rental housing market has never been hotter, and that’s putting a squeeze on many workers who earn low incomes.

A subdivision approved in 2013 received a three-year extension from Missoula County last week to file its final plat, giving the 70-lot project more time to complete its phasing plan.