Missoula Affordable Housing Push
Key Questions
What new workforce housing policy did Missoula County approve?
Missoula County approved a policy using TIF for non-luxury infrastructure with size and density guardrails. It addresses high rents around $1.4k and median incomes of $76k.
What award is Montana's Land Use Planning Act a finalist for?
The 2023 Montana Land Use Planning Act (LUPA) is a finalist for the Ivory Prize in housing reform. Winners will be announced on May 12.
What developments are planned for North Missoula and Midtown?
North MRL/Franklin Crossing is a $67M project for 225 mixed-income units with 2027 groundbreaking. Midtown includes apartments, townhomes, and a USFS 14-acre sale.
What is the status of the Clark Fork River master plan?
The Clark Fork master plan is nearing approval, including rerouting, a commuter trail, new boat ramp, and other improvements.
How are zoning challenges affecting Missoula housing?
Zoning issues persist amid $557k median home prices. Recent Supreme Court upholding of 2023 zoning reforms follows legal challenges.
What is Mountain Line doing for its headquarters?
Mountain Line is building a new Missoula HQ to boost efficiency, replacing a limited 2-acre facility for better bus storage.
Are there bipartisan trends in housing policy?
National bipartisan efforts echo Montana's, with statehouses addressing housing shortages across parties. Missoula's Midtown proposal includes hundreds of income-qualified apartments.
What other housing-related actions are in Missoula?
Actions include Bitterroot River storage rezone this month, landfill pipeline relocate, and mixed-use trends. MT LUPA gained national recognition.
Missoula Co new workforce housing policy—TIF for non-luxury infra w/size/density guardrails amid $1.4k rents/$76k income; MT LUPA '23 act finalist Ivory Prize (winners May12); national bipartisan trends echo; North MRL/Franklin Crossing $67M 225 mixed-income '27 gndbrk + Midtown apts/townhomes/USFS 14-acre sale + Bitterroot River storage rezone this month; Clark Fork master plan nearing; zoning vs $557k medians; Mountain Line HQ; mixed-use trends; landfill pipeline relocate.