Missoula Housing Authority receives $1,176,555 from HUD
MISSOULA, MT (February 26, 2024) Missoula Housing Authority (MHA) has been awarded $1,176,555 to help people experiencing homelessness. MHA is one of 23 organizations in Montana to receive a grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) $3.2 billion in Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Awards. These awards are to help individuals and families experiencing homelessness move into permanent housing.
MHA will use the grant to continue funding Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) programs in the Missoula area. Permanent Supportive Housing combines affordable housing assistance with voluntary support services to address the needs of chronically homeless people. The services are designed to build independent living and tenancy skills and connect people with community-based health care, treatment, and employment services.
The grant runs from May through April. The Missoula Housing Authority reapplies annually to HUD for this program.
Full details and the press release available here: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/coc/fy_2023_coc_competition
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About Missoula Housing Authority (MHA)
Missoula Housing Authority (“MHA”) is an independent nonprofit public organization with a portfolio of 1,178 rent-restricted apartments and 1,235 housing vouchers, providing affordable housing to more than 4,500 very low-, low and middle-income veterans, families with children, elderly and disabled, foster youth and homeless, as well as working Missoulians.
MHA is the second largest public housing authority in Montana and is recognized as a progressive, forward-thinking agency that creatively implements services and uses innovative development financing. Missoula Housing Authority’s mission is to provide quality housing solutions for low and middle-income households in Missoula and the surrounding area through creative partnerships and innovative development. MHA has been creating quality housing solutions since 1978.
Montana Continuum of Care Coalition press release. Click to enlarge.