To help ease the financial burden of relocating, statewide affordable housing organization NeighborWorks Montana, partnering with the Whitefish Community Foundation, created an assistance fund that raised about $165,000.
Roughly $5,000 is going to each family, and the organization is discussing how the remaining funds will be divided.
Of the 27 households that received eviction notices, half a dozen remain in the park, according to Adam Poeschl from NeighborWorks Montana. Because the organization has never provided this type of financial assistance before, Poeschl is keeping in contact with each household, tracking their progress. He said about 57 residents were evicted.
Most residents were able to remain within the Flathead Valley, according to Poeschl, but some moved to different parts of the country, including Alaska, Arizona, California and Oregon.
All managed to avoid falling into homelessness, he said. Read the full story here.