Unsheltered Living

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Urban Camping Work Group

Mayor Andrea Davis convened the Urban Camping Work Group in February 2024. This group represented diverse stakeholders including City Council, members of the provider community, business interests, neighborhood representatives, and members of the houseless community. The purpose was to explore and make recommendations to the City Council to assist the City in positively managing issues and situations related to Missoula’s unsheltered population.

Process Objectives

The Urban Camping Work Group had the following objectives:

  1. Collectively define the problems created by and associated with unsheltered living in Missoula and address critical questions related to those problems.
  2. Find general

Urban Camping Work Group

Mayor Andrea Davis convened the Urban Camping Work Group in February 2024. This group represented diverse stakeholders including City Council, members of the provider community, business interests, neighborhood representatives, and members of the houseless community. The purpose was to explore and make recommendations to the City Council to assist the City in positively managing issues and situations related to Missoula’s unsheltered population.

Process Objectives

The Urban Camping Work Group had the following objectives:

  1. Collectively define the problems created by and associated with unsheltered living in Missoula and address critical questions related to those problems.
  2. Find general agreement on desired outcomes related to the unsheltered living situation.
  3. Recommend actionable, incentivizing solutions, regulatory tools, and monitoring metrics that support the safety and accessibility of our community.

Work Group Reports

Unsheltered Living Regulation

City Council passed a resolution and an ordinance to provide the City with a framework to enforce public health and safety in the City's public spaces, while acknowledging that some people have no other shelter options. The ordinance is codified in Missoula Municipal Code 12.60. View the message from Mayor Davis below to learn about how we're implementing the new regulations.

Addressing Houselessness

Unsheltered living is only one aspect of houselessness in our community. The City of Missoula is also working to make housing more affordable and attainable in our community. We contribute funds and staff to work with community partners on providing shelter options. We advocate for policies and funding at the state and federal levels, because the houselessness problem is not unique to Missoula. See the related projects on this page for more information about all the work we do on this complex issue.

You can report unsheltered living on our main website.

Q&A

Feel free to ask any questions about unsheltered living.  Questions of general interest and answers will be visible to the public and will display your screen name.  Please do not use this tool to report encampments.  Fill out the unsheltered living form, instead.

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    Where can the people in park their vehicles and which department will have the registry to inform the city where we’ll be parking?

    catrevinotx asked 9 months ago

    The City is still developing the Vehicle Sheltering Permit Program.  Our goal is to begin issuing permits within 60 days.

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    Where is the money coming from to support these initiatives?

    Concerned Missoulian asked 11 months ago

    Road and Park District budgets include funding for cleaning up public spaces impacted by unsheltered living.  Both of those funding sources appear on property tax bills.

    Over the last few years, the City of Missoula and Missoula County have used federal pandemic-related grant funds to run emergency shelter.  That funding runs out in September.  Future funding would likely come from local tax dollars or the City’s fund balance.  Continued funding and operations for the program will depend on the City’s fiscal year 2025 budget process.  You can learn more about getting involved in our budget on the FY25 Budget page.  Our Community Planning, Development, and Innovation department has submitted a request for future funding for the shelter.

Page last updated: 18 Oct 2024, 03:15 PM