Displacement/Relocation Protection and Assistance

The City of Missoula will take all reasonable steps to minimize displacement of tenants as a result of projects funded with investments from the Trust Fund. To this end, when displacement or relocation is an unavoidable component of a proposed project, the developer/organization must submit a relocation plan with their initial funding application. The relocation plan must address the following areas of how it will support existing tenants: 

• Identification of Community Liaison; a central point of contact for tenants to speak with to answer questions and provide information about plans and opportunities to relocate and to communicate with the City and non-governmental organizations to coordinate provision of service or assistance 
• Notification of tenants; written plan to give timely, sufficient and clear written notice of intent to change use of property
• Compensation and reduction of financial hardships caused by the displacement or relocation; plan to offer to support tenants financially, including but not limited to-financial compensation to support relocation, foregoing rent for last months of a lease to allow tenants to accumulate funds to relocate, providing a stipend to defray costs, etc.