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S.A.F.E Home Program
April 6, 2011 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
Sioux City, IA – April 6, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Sioux City Fire Rescue is pleased to announce a new residential Safe Home Program. This program has three components:
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Successful Partnership Prevent Red Tags for Elderly and Disabled Homeowners
March 30, 2011 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
Sioux City, IA – March 30, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The City of Sioux City, Neighborhood Services Division has partnered with Inspection Services Division to develop a new program. “We have formed a unique partnership to help low-income elderly, and disabled homeowners with critical emergency repairs that have reduced life, health and safety hazards and improved homeowners’ quality of life” says Darlynn McMullen.
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Housing Assistance Center Offers Down Payment Assistance
March 2, 2011 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
SIOUX CITY, IA – March 2, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — MyPad Down Payment Assistance Program was created to overcome the greatest barrier to homeownership, down payment. MyPad provides an opportunity for qualified low to moderate income individuals and families to purchase affordable homes by receiving money from the Home Investment Partnership for down payment on a home. Homebuyers will never have to repay the gift from MyPad as long as the home purchased remains owner occupied throughout the 5 year period of the deferred payment loan
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LATHAM STATEMENT ON SPENDING CUTS INCLUDED IN CONTINUING RESOLUTION
February 14, 2011 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
Washington, DC – February 14, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Iowa Congressman Tom Latham, the chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after the introduction of a continuing resolution in the House of Representatives to fund the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011
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Results of the Annual Point in Time Homeless Count
February 3, 2011 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
February 3, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The Siouxland Coalition to End Homelessness (SCEH), in coordination with the City of Sioux City, conducted the annual Point in Time count on Wednesday, January 26. The Point in Time (PIT) count is a snapshot count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night, typically at the end of January. Cities across the country participate in this event as a requirement to receive funding for homeless activities from the Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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Property Owners Continue to Utilize Tax Exemptin to Construct New Homes/Make Improvements to Existing Homes
February 3, 2011 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
February 3, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Property Owners Continue to Utilize Tax Exemption to Construct New Homes/Make Improvements to Existing Homes. In October of 2007, the City of Sioux City began the City-Wide Tax Exemption / Urban Revitalization Program. The purpose of the program is to provide partial tax exemption for up to 10 years on the increased value of property resulting from improvements. Improvements can include substantial remodeling, additions, or new construction of single-family residential or multi-family residential structures
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Human Right, Iowa Legal Aid, The Boys Club, and North Middle School Students Helping the Homeless
January 26, 2011 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
January 26, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Human Rights, Iowa Legal Aid, The Boys Club, and North Middle School Students Helping the Homeless. Human Rights VISTAs, Legal Aid, The Boys Club and North Middle School Students have all been hard at work gathering much needed items for the homeless in our community. All have devoted time to increase the awareness and advocacy of homeless by requesting donations of items which will be passed out during the annual Point in Time Count.
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Grassley works to determine how local housing authority spent tax dollars to settle lawsuits
January 12, 2011 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, DC – January 12, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chuck Grassley has asked 20 law firms in Philadelphia for information about their billing of the Philadelphia Public Housing Authority as part of a larger review of how the housing authority has misused federal tax dollars. Grassley said he is going directly to the firms for information about the amount billed and the kind of work performed because the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which awards federal funds to local housing authorities, has told him it doesn’t maintain records about such legal payments and, in the case of the Philadelphia Public Housing Authority, news organizations have reported how the housing authority structured settlements in at least four sexual harassment cases and one case where the failure to inspect a building before demolition resulted in the death of a resident.
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Iowa Finance Authority awards $50,000 from State Housing Trust Fund to support Habitat for Humanity of Marion County Home Build in Knoxville
December 10, 2010 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
Des Moines, IA – December 10, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors recently approved a $50,000 grant to support the construction of a home to be built in Knoxville by Habitat for Humanity of Marion County. The funding is made available through the State Housing Trust Fund’s Project-Based program. The program provides financing for the development of affordable single-family and multifamily housing units.
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Property Improvements May Qualify for Tax Exemption
November 18, 2010 Posted by Iowa RealEstateRama
November 18, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — December 31 is the deadline to file for Urban Revitalization Tax Exemption on eligible properties which received property improvements during calendar year 2010. All residential property owners within the corporate limits of the City of Sioux City that made improvements to their property in 2010 are encouraged to apply for the tax exemption.
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