The city of Missoula will close the Johnson Street temporary homeless shelter in August, a decision driven by the end of pandemic-era federal funding that paid for its operations, officials announced Friday.

MISSOULA — City officials announced Friday morning that the Johnson Street Temporary Emergency Shelter will be closing.

The City of Missoula will begin closing the Johnson Street Temporary Emergency Shelter in phases starting in April, with full closure expected by August. This decision comes

Missoula's mayor launched an ambitious five-month plan to find housing for homeless people staying at the Johnson Street Shelter as the city announced plans to close the facility by August.

The city of Missoula has announced a phased closure of the Johnson Street Temporary shelter.The closure is set to begin in April and be over in August of this y