Senior Cooperative Housing in Missoula County

Commissioner Bill Carey has been working to bring senior cooperative housing to the Missoula area for many years. As part of recent efforts, Carey invited expert Dennis Johnson – of the Senior Cooperative Foundation in Minneapolis - to speak with our community about this alternative housing option and to pitch the model to local developers.

Two public information sessions were held on May 19 and 20 in the Missoula Federal Credit Union Training Center. Nearly 100 interested active older adults attended and expressed strong support for this initiative. Johnson presented the benefits of senior cooperative housing and shared photographs of successfully established housing in the Midwest.

David Erickson of the Missoulian recently reported about these meetings and the feasibility of senior cooperative housing in Montana. You can read that article here.  We owe a great deal of thanks to the CAPS department for their help in gathering developers, the Missoula Federal Credit Union for allowing us to use their beautiful facilities and for being kind hosts, and to the Commissioners staff for their organizing and outreach efforts.

If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Commissioner Carey at 258-3204 or bcarey@co.missoula.mt.us.