Missoula Community Needs Assessment

Missoula Community Needs Assessment Missoula City-County Grants & Community Programs January 14, 2016

Agenda

• Welcome and agenda review • Results of online needs assessment • Group work • Group reports ▫ Housing ▫ Economic Development ▫ Public Improvement/Facilities ▫ Public Services

• Conclusion and wrap-up

Missoula City-County Grants & Community Programs, January 14, 2016

HOME & CDBG Application Workshop

Friday, January 15, 2016 9:00 to 11:00 AM

Grants & Community Programs 223 West Alder


Intents & Purposes of Meeting • A community needs assessment: ▫ helps us identify and define our needs, strengths

and assets ▫ is the first step in determining how to effectively

utilize HOME and CDBG resources ▫ is done as part of the Consolidated Planning and

Annual Action Plan processes ▫ ensures that community development projects

reflect what the community wants and needs ▫ becomes part of the public record ▫ Your job here is important.


Online Survey Results


Online Community Needs Assessment

• Online survey was available from Dec 10 to Jan 5

• 197 responses • 55% response rate • Average response rate for

email surveys = 24.8% • Methodology was not scientific


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60% 63% 63%

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0%

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Housing forfamilies with

low andmoderateincomes

Housing forseniors with


Housing formentally ill and

severelymentally illindividuals

with low andmoderateincomes

Housing forindividualswho abusedrugs or

alcohol withlow and

moderateincomes

Housing forpeople withdisabilities

with low andmoderateincomes

Housing forveterans with


Permanentsupportivehousing for

peopleexperiencinghomelessness

Permanentsupportivehousing for

people exitingincarceration

Housing Needs for Specific Populations in Missoula (149 Responses)

High Need

Medium Need

Low Need

No Need


Other Housing Needs for Specific Populations in Missoula • “Improved access for ‘High Risk’ tenants with poor

credit and/or rental history.” • “Home ownership opportunities for median earners.” • “Workforce housing for all household compositions.” • “Rapid Re-housing resources available to people with

low incomes.” • “Housing for single people that have an income but not

enough to afford housing– not even an apartment.” • “Dedicated housing for people living with HIV/AIDS.”


39%

55%

66%

77%

50%

44%

34%

27%

15%

34%

17%

10% 5% 6%

13%

0% 1% 2% 1% 2%

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Construction of newhomes to purchase by

individuals/families withlow and moderate

incomes.

Construction of rentalhousing for

individuals/families withlow and moderate

incomes.

Down-payment assistancefor individuals/familieswith low and moderate

incomes.

Rental assistance forrenters with low andmoderate incomes.

Fair housing counseling.

Specific Types of Housing Needed in Missoula (142 Responses)

High Need

Medium Need

Low Need

No Need


Other Specific Types of Housing Needed • “Group housing, cohousing” and “high density housing for at-risk

populations.” n=2 • Education for buyers and renters, as well as assistance throughout

the process. n=2 • “Energy efficient homes built and maintained with healthy

materials and indoor air quality placed near transportation and other services.”

• “Transitional housing for adults with adult children and no minors.” • “More rentals at HUD [Fair Market Rents] rental rates. Especially

one-bedrooms.” • “Manufactured housing, infrastructure improvements to existing

mobile home courts.” • “Fair housing/rent control for university students is a high need.”


46% 45%

29%

49% 53%

24% 22% 24%

42% 46%

41% 40% 35%

46% 43% 44%

11% 7%

26%

9% 10%

26% 28% 26%

1% 2% 4% 3% 2% 4% 7% 6%

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Housing Repairs/Improvements Needed in Missoula (136 Responses)

High Need

Medium Need

Low Need

No Need


Other Housing/Repairs Needed

• Properties (esp. rentals) need to be up to code and improved (n=4) ▫ For plumbing and electrical ▫ Enforcement of private-ownership rental

improvements ▫ Rentals inspected for safety and code compliance

(even every five years)


Other Housing/Repairs Needed

• Energy efficiency audits and upgrades (n=2) • Mobile home/trailer park improvements (n=2) • Weatherization and climate change vulnerability

assessment (n=2) • Sustainable and healthy building materials • City offer a radon mitigation credit • Sidewalks in low-income neighborhoods


11.2%

61.7%

74.8%

19.6%

32.7%

41.1%

21.5% 28.0%

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100.0%

Missoula County areas where housing for specific populations, new construction or repairs/improvements are needed

(107 Responses)


Other Missoula County Areas/Projects

• Target Range • DeSmet Area • Seeley Lake ▫ Improving houses on farmland so owners won’t

feel forced to sell to developers • East Missoula, Seeley Lake, Swan Valley ▫ Affordable senior housing


5.3% 8.8% 10.6%

52.2%

6.2%

57.5%

22.1% 22.1%

6.2% 8.0%

75.2%

43.4% 47.8%

19.5% 22.1%

33.6%

16.8%

7.1%

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100.0%

Missoula City neighborhood(s) where housing for specific populations, new construction or repairs/improvements are needed (113 Responses)


Other Missoula City Areas • Repair to rentals in downtown area near Kiwanis

Park, Front St, Spruce St, Heart of Missoula (n=4) • Northside/Westside design standards, housing, and

property improvements (n=3) • Accessible/affordable housing and

improvements/repairs near bus stops and grocery stores (n=2)

• Improvements to mobile home courts and access to community amenities (n=2)

• Affordable housing, sidewalk repair, and repairs to existing rentals in Heart of Missoula, Northside/Westside, River Road


Other Missoula City Areas/Projects • Blighted motels and apartment buildings in

Broadway Corridor and Franklin to Fort • Community Land Trust housing • Code enforcement, clean up, and rebuild of rental

and unmaintained properties in: ▫ Franklin to Fort, Northside/Westside, Riverfront, River

Road, Southgate Triangle • Sidewalks and street lighting along 3rd St • Workforce housing: ▫ McCormick Park/Millsite, downtown, all Urban

Renewal Districts • South Hills, 55th, Ebb Way


43%

24% 22%

15%

76% 76%

56%

30%

46%

29% 32%

17% 18%

37%

23% 27%

39% 38%

6% 4% 5% 4% 3%

11% 15%

2% 2% 2% 0%

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20%

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Youth Center Senior Center Park & RecreationFacilities

Parking facilities Shelter for familiesexperiencing

homelessness

Shelter for youthexperiencing

homelessness

Shelter forsurvivors of

domestic violence

Public Facility Needs (130 Responses)

High Need

Medium Need

Low Need

No Need


Public Improvement/Facilities Needs (29 Responses) • Shelters/housing for people experiencing homelessness (n=5) ▫ For families (n=3) ▫ People under the influence (wet housing) (n=2)

• Community centers (n=4) ▫ Multigenerational (n=2) ▫ With air filtration systems for smoke and heat events in summer

(n=1) • River Road Park and Recreation facilities (n=3) • Transitional Housing/Supervised Housing/Assisted living

(n=3) ▫ For ages 18-23 ▫ Near hospitals and in all of Missoula and East Missoula ▫ Combined teen supervised housing and senior assisted living near

high schools


26%

36% 38%

53%

30%

63%

53% 50% 51%

64%

42%

71%

59% 58%

28%

48%

22%

55% 50%

47%

31%

40%

31% 36%

39% 34%

24%

36%

21% 29% 28%

46%

28% 29%

17% 13% 16% 15%

28%

4% 11% 9%

12% 10%

19%

6% 12% 12%

23% 18%

32%

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Public Service Needs (139 Responses)

High Need

Medium Need

Low Need

No Need


26%

36% 38%

53%

30%

63%

53% 50% 51%

55% 50%

47%

31%

40%

31% 36%

39% 34%

17% 13% 16% 15%

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Public Service Needs (139 Responses)

High Need

Medium Need

Low Need

No Need


64%

42%

71%

59% 58%

28%

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22% 24%

36%

21%

29% 28%

46%

28% 29%

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Substance abuseservices

Energyconservation

programs

Supportiveservices forpeople exp.

homelessness orat risk

Basic-needsservices

Services toaddress food

insecutity

Financialeducation

services forhomeownership

Transportationservices

Recreation

Public Service Needs (continued) (139 Responses)

High Need

Medium Need

Low Need

No Need


Other Public Service Needs (14 responses) • Bus/transportation routes and hours expanded

(n=4) • Community mental health/behavioral health

services (n=2) • Financial and rental counseling/education (n=2) • Others: sustainability services and support

groups for people with HIV


Specific Public Service Needs • Transportation services (n=10) ▫ Expanded bus/public transportation routes, including

service to Seeley Lake, beyond Lolo and Mullan Road, more route configurations (n=4)

▫ Expanded bus/public transportation hours (n=3) • Supportive services for people experiencing

homelessness (n=10) ▫ For people currently unable to access services/housing (i.e.

wet housing, services for people who have been convicted of crimes) (n=4)

• Energy Conservation Programs (n=6) ▫ Renewable energy revolving loan fund ▫ Community solar pilot project ▫ Public organic waste composting collection


63%

25% 26%

37% 40%

74%

48% 49% 46%

40%

68%

52%

34%

52%

43% 39% 40%

19%

40% 38% 41% 43%

21%

33%

4%

19% 28%

23% 19%

7% 9% 11% 12% 15%

7% 13%

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Economic Development Needs (146 Responses)

High Need

Medium Need

Low Need

No Need


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