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Iowa Finance Authority Awards $49,000 Grant to Hope Haven, Inc. for Affordable Rental Housing...
The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today awarded a $49,000 grant to Hope Haven, Inc. to assist in the acquisition and rehabilitation of a home in Sibley that will provide affordable rental housing for four persons with disabilities. The fund...
Harkin Announces Nearly $2 Million to Help Iowa Veteran Families Find Housing
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded three Iowa organizations with a combined total of $1,922,584 through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program. Grantees, which in...
Harkin Announces More than $525,000 for State Veterans Home in Marshalltown
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the State Veterans Home in Marshalltown has been awarded $529,584 from The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The funds will be used to build a transportation facility and upgrade two generators at the home
BRANSTAD/REYNOLDS PROCLAIM AFFORDABLE HOUSING WEEK IN IOWA
Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds today proclaimed April 21-27, 2013 as Affordable Housing Week in Iowa. Iowa joins organizations throughout the country in celebrating Affordable Housing Month, with this week declared specifically to bring aw...
IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES $6.6 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITES...
DES MOINES - April 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently announced awards of more than $6.6 million in federal HOME program awards to advance affordable housing initiatives that will provide affordable ho...
Iowa Finance Authority Awards $50,000 Grant to Habitat for Humanity of North Central Iowa...
Des Moines, IA - March 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently approved a $50,000 grant to Habitat for Humanity of North Central Iowa to assist in financing the construction of two affordable homes in Mason...
BRANSTAD/REYNOLDS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $70 MILLION TO BUILD AND PRESERVE 635 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS
DES MOINES - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors today announced affordable housing awards to twelve affordable housing projects totaling more than $70 million in federal Housing Tax Credits to build...
Iowa Finance Authority Announces New Program for Home Buyers and Winter Homeownership Contest
CEDAR RAPIDS - February 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) today joined Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust in Cedar Rapids and area lenders and Realtors to urge participation in the Home in Paradise Contest, a statewide social m...
Transparency at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- I come to the floor of the Senate today to speak about one of my favorite topics—transparency.
It’s no secret that I’ve worked to bring greater transparency and accountability to all par...
Branstad/Reynolds Administration Announce Completion of Statewide Housing Study
DES MOINES - January 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Branstad/Reynolds Administration today announced the completion of a comprehensive statewide housing study, which includes an analysis of Iowa’s current housing stock and the results of public f...
Sabre Industries Ribbon Cutting
Sioux City, IA - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sabre Industries, Inc. held a ribbon cutting ceremony today for their new Iowa industrial complex in Sioux City’s Southbridge Business Park. A multi-phase expansion project, this new 150 acre si...
Grassley Urges Key Senators on Housing Oversight, Citing Scandals across the Country
WASHINGTON, DC - October 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today urged key fellow senators to help ensure the appropriate spending of tax dollars after housing authority scandals across the country have revealed wasted funding ...
Iowa Finance Authority Partners with Iowa Association of REALTORS® to Keep Area Home Sales...
DES MOINES - June 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) has teamed up with the Iowa Association of REALTORS®, Des Moines Area Association of REALTORS® and area lenders and Realtors® to keep Central Iowa home sales, which ar...