OUR APPROACH
Every community has different needs and different opportunities to address them. We work with local governments, developers, nonprofits, employers, and community members to turn those opportunities into housing, facilities, and services that help our communities thrive.
Develop places communities need
From affordable homes to food banks, early childhood centers, and shelter facilities, we help create spaces that meet local needs.
Bring partners together
We work with public, private, and nonprofit partners, combining local knowledge, resources, and experience to move projects forward.
Help make projects financially possible
We help connect projects with grants, public funding, and other financing tools. Our experience includes affordable housing tax credit partnerships and down payment assistance that helps make homeownership possible.
Find new possibilities in existing places
We help communities preserve affordable homes, improve aging properties, and adapt existing buildings for new uses as needs change.
WHAT WE DO
Our role changes with each project. We might bring partners together, help secure financing, develop a new property, or find a new use for an existing building. These examples show how we adapt to what each community needs.
Bringing services together
Community Commons
Bozeman
Creating a central place to access food, shelter, and other services took years of planning and partnership. HRDC brought Market Place and Homeward Point together at Community Commons to help neighbors meet immediate needs and find lasting stability.
Combining local resources
Meadowview Condominiums
Big Sky
Making homeownership more affordable in Big Sky took both new homes and financial support for buyers. HRDC partnered with the community and its resort tax district to develop 52 homes held in a community land trust. Resort tax and employer support also helped provide down payment assistance for the people who work in Big Sky.
Pairing housing with support
Housing First Village
Bozeman
For people who have experienced chronic homelessness, ongoing support can be an important part of maintaining a home. HRDC developed 19 small homes that combine affordable rent with supportive services. Habitat for Humanity and community volunteers helped complete the final seven homes.
Finding new uses for historic buildings
Bluebunch Flats
Livingston
We partnered with Homeword to turn the former Livingston Memorial Hospital into 37 affordable rental homes. The project adapted a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places to meet a current community need while preserving a piece of Livingston’s history.
Protecting affordable homes through reinvestment
Miles Building
Livingston
We purchased and rehabilitated the Miles Building to preserve 40 subsidized apartments serving older adults and people with disabilities. The property later became part of a larger, multi-property financing partnership that made another round of renovations possible, helping protect affordable homes in downtown Livingston.
Supporting cooperative ownership
Gibbon Avenue Cooperative
West Yellowstone
We partnered with NeighborWorks Montana to convert 18 market-rate rental homes into a housing cooperative. The project shows how working with existing housing and changing its ownership structure can create another option for meeting local housing needs.
DIFFERENT NEEDS. FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS.
Have a property, a project idea, or a community need you’re working to address? Let’s talk about where HRDC’s experience and partnerships could help.
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