The Missoula Redevelopment Agency's board of commissioners on Thursday agreed to reimburse the city $55,000 for the cost of turning an old Midtown building into the Emergency Winter Shelter.
Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a bill that would have given protections for mobile home park residents, like requiring park owners give 60 days notice before taking action like increasing rent.
After last week's disagreement on process and timing, the Missoula City Council this week approved a request asking city staff and their consultants to include parking reform on a list of items that could best address the city's housing shortage.
Now that Lolo is getting a new school, a team of developers are seeking changes to the county's land-use map in hopes of providing housing and some commercial space on the former school property.
Robbie Liben writes, "Missoula, like all US cities, has vast swaths of excess parking spaces. It is due to our wasteful and archaic zoning laws which for over 50 years have required arbitrary parking mandates within all private residential and commercial development and redevelopment projects."
Lawmakers passed a series of housing-related bills, including zoning and land use changes aimed at increasing availability – as well as House Bill 819, which invests more than $200 million into several programs to support housing development.
A protest petition submitted hours before a final decision was planned regarding the rezone of a property off Russell Street nearly prompted the City Council on Monday night to send the request back to committee.
Missoula County approved a number of items related to a subdivision planned for the Wye, including a change to one condition and modification of the phasing plan.
A family business in Missoula has retained legal counsel to represent their claims that a member of City Council acted in a “libelous and unethical” manner as the city reviewed and considered their proposed downtown apartment project.
Considering the direction of future development, Missoula County on Thursday approved a contract with WGM Group to create an infrastructure plan for the Wye.