Executive Director Insight - We Appreciate You |
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Dear Friends,
Spring is in the air, with blossoming trees and flowers and birds singing us awake in the morning. Season change is something we relish in Montana. Yet change is all around us in ways we didn’t quite expect. At every turn, people are curious or stunned about how out of reach the real estate market has gotten for Montanans. The reasons are many, and the challenges they pose can feel like a difficult mountain to climb. Can we see the summit? Sometimes it takes just one person to unexpectedly share their appreciation to ground and motivate us to put one foot in front of the other. That’s just what Judy* did.
Judy has lived in our Equinox property along the Clark Fork River in Missoula for seven of her 83 years. She described the joy she finds sitting on her newly cleaned spring deck with flowers she’s recently planted. Up there she overlooks the river, seeing waterfowl below and mountains in the distance. She has friendly, helpful neighbors and says she “owes endless gratitude” for such a lovely, environmentally sustainable place to live. To Judy, we are grateful to you for spreading joy and love in a time of uncertainty and angst. Thank you for showing why this work is so important, now and into the future.
*Name changed to protect resident’s privacy - Andrea Davis, Executive Director |
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Community Solutions to Community Challenges
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Montana communities are stronger when everyone can afford safe, healthy homes, yet Montana rental and home listing prices are rising so rapidly it takes our breath away. Our communities are changing, and people are facing some tough challenges as a result. As the market intensifies, the demand for our work in Missoula and statewide increases as does the need for community solutions. |
Rental Homes We're Creating for Montanans |
Montana communities are stronger when everyone can afford to live in safe and healthy homes.
The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized the critical need for providing safe, healthy homes that workers, veterans, seniors and families can afford. We're currently creating 381 more homes. - Baatz Block Apartments - 25 new permanent supportive homes for Great Falls residents
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Crowley Flats - 16 rental homes and commercial space in a historic building in Lewistown (pictured, under construction)
- Junegrass Place - 138 new homes for Kalispell workers, seniors and families
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Trinity Apartments - 202 new homes for Missoulians (put your name on the interest list)
View rental opportunities by community. |
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Construction Begins on 138 New Kalispell Homes
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Construction is just beginning on Junegrass Place, the ninth project on which we've partnered with GMD Development. Located in the heart of Kalispell, it will provide 138 rental homes people can afford. Households earning 60% or less of the area median income will be eligible to lease these apartments. A household of three people can earn up to $42,900 annual gross income and qualify to live at Junegrass. |
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Meet Our New Team Members
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We are thrilled to welcome to our team Andi Armstrong (pictured on left) as our communications manager and Kelsey Lappier (right), our new administrative specialist!
A lifelong Montanan, Andi comes to us with over 15 years of public sector experience and excitement to learn about all things Homeword. Moving forward, she will help us implement marketing and communications strategies that support our mission and programs.
Raised on the Missouri River in central Montana, Kelsey formed a passion for business and people at a young age. She came to Missoula to further her education and now has two bachelor's degrees, one in marketing and the other in management and entrepreneurship.
Kelsey joined us at the end of May after finishing her undergrad work. While in school she worked in customer service, athletics marketing, nonprofit marketing and higher education. Kelsey is excited to continue working in the nonprofit sector while being a part of a team with similar values and goals to her own. |
Sustainable Communities Benefit Thank-You |
Thanks to you, our seventh annual Sustainable Communities Benefit raised more than $31,000, uplifting Montanans of all ages and from all walks of life!
You're empowering Montanans like Amy with your gift. Amy is a Missoulian who changed the course of her career and achieved financial security by participating in our financial and homebuyer programs.
Amy shared, "I’m able to take big swings in my life and go after big challenges now because of the work I did with Homeword in 2018 with the Financial Skill Building class and in 2020 with the homebuyer class. I wouldn’t be in law school or a homeowner if I hadn’t taken the courses and had the free counseling with Homeword. In 2018, I thought these goals were never achievable. In 2022, I am a homeowner. I’m building wealth. Homeword has made all of that possible.”
You're also helping create 381 more rental homes across the state that Montanans can afford to live in, including Trinity Apartments and Navigation Center in Missoula. Thank you for partnering with us and changing the lives of Montana workers, seniors and families! |
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Do you have a great experience as a Homeword resident or client that you'd like to share? We want to hear from you!
Share your story and be entered to win a $100 coupon for Home ReSource in Missoula. |
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Special Thanks to our Generous Program Sponsors |
View our events calendar for more information. |
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| Homeword uses sustainable methods to strengthen Montana communities by teaching homebuyer education and financial skill building and creating safe, healthy homes people can afford. |
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18,000+ Montanans empowered through our Regional HomeOwnership Center |
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1,319
Safe, healthy homes Montanans can afford |
| 1,441 Program participants empowered last year |
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