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Expanding Access to Affordable and Fair Housing - Missoula

The City of Missoula Office of Housing and Community Development (HCD) endeavors to lead efforts to ensure all Missoulians – regardless of income – have access to quality, affordable and fair housing. While the City of Missoula boasts many assets that foster community development, the lack of housing affordability serves as a barrier to the community’s continued growth. According to the Missoula Organization of Realtors’ 2017 Missoula Housing Report, “the median price of a Missoula home went up 6.8 percent to a record-setting $255,000 in 2016.” In 2016, one would have needed an income of $89,916 to purchase a median-priced home of $255,000, assuming a 4-percent down payment. With a 20% down payment, one would have needed an income of $62,892 to purchase a median-priced home. Both of these income levels exceed the Missoula County Median Income. HCD is taking the lead on the City’s efforts to craft a housing policy that can help foster increased development of affordable and fair housing. Fair housing work is essential for families trying to move out of poverty, as it removes discriminatory barriers that prevent access to housing, education and employment opportunities. Land use and housing policies also reduce residential segregation and concentrated poverty by controlling resource and asset distribution. Housing mobility improves access to high-performing schools, adequate infrastructure / transportation systems, access to health services, and higher paying jobs. Students in integrated schools have higher test scores, are more likely to enroll in college, and are less likely to drop out of school.

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Member Duties : Join a fabulous team of professionals working to expand access to affordable housing and to ensure equal housing opportunity! The overall goal of this project is to increase access to affordable housing through the development and implementation of a plan to overcome barriers to housing choice and promote inclusivity through research and development of data-informed best practices. This project will help alleviate poverty through the preservation and development of affordable and fair housing citywide. The VISTA member will: participate in orientation activities and conduct preliminary research on service project topics; analyze fair and affordable housing needs and develop a comprehensive description of the target communities, outreach practices, and underlying factors leading to the impediments to fair housing; and develop materials to illustrate the similarities and differences of previously identified impediments to fair housing choice.

Program Benefits : Training , Health Coverage* , Childcare assistance if eligible , Living Allowance , Relocation Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours .

Service Areas : Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach , Environment , Neighborhood Revitalization , Housing .

Skills : Environment , Architectural Planning , General Skills , Urban Planning , Leadership , Team Work , Community Organization .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Expanding Access to Affordable and Fair Housing - Missoula

Program Start/End Date
01/22/2019 - 01/21/2020

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	MONTANA

Accepting Applications
From 10/22/2018 To 01/11/2019

Contact	Brenda Beckett
2825 3rd Ave N
Billings MT 59101
4066578286
beckettb@ci.billings.mt.us
www.CityofBillings.net/vista

Listing ID	77530


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