housing

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.

Citing a large volume of development applications and a backlog in review, the planning department is asking the City Council to approve the extension of an interim ordinance for another year.

A number of affordable housing projects and programs in Missoula have been recommended for funding from federal and local sources, including $330,000 to help the owners of a River Road community begin a community land trust.

Work to improve stormwater runoff in the South Hills and the retention off excessive water is set to begin this year, including work at “Cattail Corner” where wetland habitat will be improved.

While the city's efforts to rewrite its building and zoning codes is only five months old, members of the City Council are already expressing disagreement on what should take precedence and how quickly the process should play out.

Some council members have blasted single-family zoning as the source of Missoula's housing woes. Details offered by the city's consultant have fed that growing sentiment.

Missoula County on Monday said it still plans to create an infrastructure plan for the Wye, a project that's been discussed now for two years.

The bill would set up a ‘community reinvestment plan’ to make sure Montanans working in the state can find an affordable place to live, or a place where no more than 30% of their income goes to housing costs.

Martin Kidston (Missoula Current) A small subdivision in the Target Range neighborhood may get a second chance at review based on new information regarding the migration of the Bitterroot River. The Creighton subdivision, located at Third Street and Clements Road, was unanimously recommended for denial by the Consolidated Planning Board last year...

Over the lamentations of a city council member, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency's board of directors on Thursday approved a funding request to remove two blighted houses in the downtown district and replace them with a 26-unit apartment building.