The Missoula Housing Authority is dedicated to providing safe and affordable housing to low-income individuals and families within a 10-mile radius surrounding the Missoula city limits. 

Our Mission

The Missoula Housing Authority is dedicated to providing safe and affordable housing to low-income individuals and families. 

Missoula voters created the Missoula Housing Authority in 1978.  Currently, Montana state law says that public-housing authorities shall address the problems of poor building conditions, improper planning, excessive land coverage, and unsafe conditions caused by overcrowding.

To solve these problems, MHA is authorized to purchase property, demolish and rebuild areas of unsafe housing and build new housing projects.

Who is a Typical MHA Customer?

• 60 percent are single females, most with dependent children;
  
• 20 percent are single males;
  
• 20 percent are couples or families;
  
• Of the female heads of household, 87 percent are working or receiving Social Security benefits.

The typical Missoula Housing Authority customer is a working woman with children. In Missoula, more than 67 percent of single female heads of household live below the poverty level, earning just a little more than $1,000 per month.