Last year, Jay and Cindy Moccio bought a new home in the Prestige at Red Fox Meadows development, north of East Helena. They moved in in May 2024, just after construction was completed. They say theyve been very happy so far but last month, they got some concerning news.

I was shocked, said Cindy Moccio.

(Watch the video to hear more about the legal change impacting Prestige residents.)

They and other Prestige residents received letters from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, telling them that their homes didnt qualify for the groundwater use permits they thought theyd receive.

The owners of the 29 lots in that subdivision are now part of a statewide group of homeowners whove found themselves in a legal limbo, as DNRC says the state has had to change the way

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