A Home For Every Neighbor
A housing design contest
Open through Oct. 5, 2026
ProHousing Missoula and Front Step Community Land Trust are proud to partner with AARP to host an architectural design competition this fall. This contest will highlight the opportunities posed by Missoula’s new municipal zoning code to create attractive, enjoyable homes that meet people’s needs at all stages of life.
We invite architectural designers to submit creative, clever ideas for ways to adapt a real, existing vacant property in Missoula’s midtown neighborhood into dense, “missing middle” in-fill housing. Structure options include fourplexes, rowhomes, cottage clusters, and more, and should consider all ages and abilities.
This competition is open to designers of any experience.
Register as a contest participant here in advance of submitting materials.
Contest entry is free until Sept. 18, after which we will request a $50 entry fee.
Submissions will be accepted now through Oct. 5.
Please register as a participant and read the entire Contest Rules document before preparing your submission.
Call For Submissions
Graphic: Shelter WF
Awards:
First Place: $3,000 (one of top two must be a single plot project, one CAN be a joint plot)
Second Place: $2,000 (one of top two must be a single plot project, one CAN be a joint plot)
Third Place: $1,000
People’s Choice Award
ProHousing Missoula and Front Step offer and reserve the right to proceed in using submitted designs in constructing an actual future project, only after consultation and consent from the selected entrant.
At least one of the top three winning designs will be reserved for a single plot design to make sure a balance of plot uses are rewarded.
Top entries and winners will be displayed at a public event in downtown Missoula slated for early November.
Questions? info@prohousingmissoula.org