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Commissioners approve $187,000 local match for Old Hellgate Village wastewater project
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Missoula County commissioners approved a $187,000 Housing Innovation Fund contribution to NeighborWorks Fontana to help connect Old Hellgate Village mobile home park to city water; the presenter said the ~$2,000,000 project would keep 34 homes permanently affordable if other grants are secured.
Missoula County commissioners voted to approve a request from NeighborWorks Fontana for $187,000 from the Housing Innovation Fund to support a wastewater improvement project at Old Hellgate Village, a mobile-home community just outside city limits.
The presenter said the total project cost is "just over $2,000,000" and that the $187,000 would serve as local match to strengthen applications for other funding sources. "If they're able to pull it all together and get the project completed, it'll significantly reduce the out-of-pocket costs that the residents would have to pay through their monthly lot rent," the presenter said.
County staff said the project would connect the park to city water rather than replacing an outdated septic system. The presenter said the work, if fully funded, would keep 34 mobile homes permanently affordable once completed.
A commissioner asked how much remained in the Housing Innovation Fund; staff replied the remaining balance was not stated precisely in the record (the speaker described it as "somewhere between $6.50 and $7.50, 100,000"). The commission moved to approve the grant request and approved it by voice vote.
The approval is contingent on the applicant securing other grant funding sources, county staff said. Commissioners will sign accompanying letters to finalize the paperwork.
