Local housing resources
Missoula Housing Authority affordable-rental directory: https://www.missoulahousing.org/affordable-housing. Its individually managed homes have fixed below-market rents and accept tenant-based vouchers; income, age and pet restrictions vary. Contact each property's manager BEFORE applying; the linked affordable application (https://www.missoulahousing.org/s/Affordable-Housing-App-EDITABLE-PDF.pdf) is valid for 120 days. The MHA vacancy sheet https://www.missoulahousing.org/s/92526.pdf was last updated September 24, 2026. It is a dated snapshot, not a guarantee of a vacancy today; some homes were specifically marked not accepting applications. The sheet lists direct manager extensions. Subsidized-housing programs and application instructions: https://www.missoulahousing.org/subsidized-housing. MHA Homes is a citywide scattered-site program, Maclay Commons uses its MHA Homes waitlist, Uptown serves single people experiencing homelessness, and Silvertip and Villagio have separately described project-based assisted units. Housing Choice Vouchers (https://www.missoulahousing.org/subsidized/housing-choice-vouchers) are assistance for renting from participating PRIVATE landlords, not a residence: MHA says applicants at or below 50% AMI may join a waitlist, tenants generally pay 30% of income, and the page estimates a one- to four-year wait. Apply through the portal linked on each program page; keep your mailing address up to date. MHA warns many programs have years-long waitlists. MHA's subsidized-program page says applicants need ID, birth certificates/Social Security cards, immigration-status verification where applicable, and a background check. It states applicants must not have engaged in violent criminal activity or committed drug crimes in the past three years; it also identifies sexual offenders and convictions for meth production in assisted housing as ineligible and offers denied applicants an informal hearing. This is the subsidized-program page's statement, not verified screening approval for an individual or an assumed rule for all separately managed affordable rentals. Contact MHA at 406-549-4113 and ask for the current written criteria for the exact waitlist. Address cautions: River Ridge's narrative says 2840 Santa Fe Court, but the September 2026 vacancy sheet says 2480; neither is shown as definitive here. Russell Square spans four listed 34th Street numbers; Trinity has multiple distinct sites. Speedway's own page places it in East Missoula and it is filed on that location page.