Residents across Missoula County want a wider housing stock, greater affordability and more investment in public infrastructure, according to a survey completed last month.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday did a victory lap for what his administration and state lawmakers accomplished for homelessness and behavioral health at a ceremonial bill signing.
A task force assigned by the mayor to address issues around urban camping continued to work toward a policy on Wednesday that's generally agreeable to a majority of the group and “socially acceptable” to Missoula residents.
The ordinance, which passed in a 3-2 vote Tuesday, makes it a misdemeanor to camp on county-owned property or within 1,000 feet of the Truckee River, live in vehicles on county owned property or public spaces, and obstruct uses of the public sidewalk.
What was billed as an affordable downtown housing project hit a roadblock on Tuesday when the Missoula Redevelopment Agency's board of commissioners failed to approve the terms of an agreement with the developer.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is encouraging local housing authorities to experiment with giving cash directly to renters in pilot programs it wants to follow.
Local housing advocates in Montana are committing to do the on-the-ground work to get a more accurate estimate of the rental market in the state – which would likely increase what the feds offer for housing vouchers.
A Front Street apartment project would be the first for-rent project to seek tax increment under a new state policy that added workforce housing to the definition of infrastructure.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bipartisan effort to make first-time home buying more affordable by prohibiting municipalities from establishing size and structure requirements for new single-family homes.