Yearly Archives: 2010

Iowa Finance Authority awards $62,000 from State Housing Trust Fund to support affordable homeownership...

Des Moines, IA - August 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors today approved $62,000 in grants to support Habitat for Humanity projects in Clinton and Perry. 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.

Grassley Urges Treasury to Set Goals, Benchmarks for Foreclosure Assistance Program

WASHINGTON, DC - July 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, is urging the Treasury Department to set measurable goals and benchmarks for a housing assistance program that is failing to help struggling homeowners

Sioux City Housing Authority Partners with Department of Veterans Affairs to offer Rental Assistance...

SIOUX CITY, IA - July 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Sioux City Housing Authority (SCHA) is pleased to announce in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that the VA will be hosting an informational meeting and accepting applications for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Voucher Program on Friday, July 23, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Mid-town Community Center at 525 14th Street.

First Lady Mari Culver Announces Success of Homelessness Initiatives

DES MOINES, IA - July 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- First Lady Mari Culver today announced that a combination of state and federal programs designed to combat homelessness are helping thousands of Iowans achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. First, the Culver/Judge I-JOBS initiative includes three housing-related programs that provided $40 million to help agencies that provide services to the homeless and low-income Iowans. Second, the federal Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program – called Iowa Rental Help in Iowa – has assisted more than 8,000 Iowans since October.

Iowa Finance Authority awards $200,500 from State Housing Trust Fund to support five affordable...

Des Moines, IA - July 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors recently approved $200,500 in grants to fives organizations to advance affordable housing opportunities in Ames, Indianola, Ogden, Williamsburg and Woodbine. 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

Boswell to Highlight Affordable Housing Project with HUD Deputy Secretary

July 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Leonard Boswell will join Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Ron Sims and Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie in highlighting how $4.3 million in Recovery Act Tax Credit Assistance Program funds are building 300 units of quality, affordable housing at the Homes of Oakridge housing development.

$399,875 to Help Iowa’s Homeless Veterans

WASHINGTON, DC - June 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded two grants totaling $399,875 to Iowa organizations through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program

Boswell announces $199,875 grant for homeless veteran job training in Des Moines

Washington, DC - June 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell announced the Department of Labor has awarded Goodwill Industries of...

Grassley, Bond Work for Accountability with Stimulus Dollars for Housing

WASHINGTON,DC - June 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Chuck Grassley and Kit Bond have sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, reiterating their concerns about possible waste, fraud and abuse in the Department’s distribution of stimulus funds to troubled Public Housing Authorities.

Governor Culver Announces Federal Assistance for Housing Initiatives in Creston, Altoona, Dubuque, West Des...

DES MOINES, IA - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Chet Culver today announced that projects in Creston, Altoona and Dubuque will share an award of more than $2.6 million in federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to create 135 units of affordable housing. Likewise, a 55-unit housing development in West Des Moines will receive $3,084,299 in Section 1602 funds. A part of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Section 1602 program allows affordable housing developers to exchange some of their original tax credit allocation for cash to finance the construction of their project. The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) administers both the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program and the 1602 Program.

More Than $1 Million in Loans and Grants to Iowa from UDSA

WASHINGTON, DC - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded 12 loans totaling $565,963 and 12 grants totaling $521,526 to Iowa through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

Governor Culver Announces $29 Million in Housing and Disaster Recovery Awards

DES MOINES, IA - May 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Chet Culver today announced $29 million in housing fund awards to 47 recipients through Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and the HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME). Also announced were an additional nine awards that received funding as a part of the $516.7 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Funds announced in October 2009. The Iowa Department of Economic Development received the CDBG allocations from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Governor Culver Announces Award of $5 Million in Federal Tax Credits for Affordable Housing...

Low-Income Housing Tax Credits benefit Iowans in communities large and small DES MOINES, IA - May 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nine projects in eastern, western and central Iowa will receive approximately $5 million in federal housing tax credits to build or rehabilitate 312 units of affordable housing, Governor Chet Culver announced today.

Governor Culver announces $2.6 million in I-JOBS affordable housing awards

Grants support affordable housing in Akron, Cedar Rapids, Holstein and Woodbine. DES MOINES, IA - May 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Culver/Judge administration’s I-JOBS initiative continues to make an impact across Iowa, as Governor Chet Culver announced today that $2.6 million in I-JOBS affordable housing assistance funds have been allocated to five projects. The awards mark the final allocations of the $20 million available through the I-JOBS Affordable Housing Program, administered by the Iowa Finance Authority.

Boswell Votes to Strengthen Rural Iowa’s Housing Industry and Economy

Washington, DC - April 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell supported and the House passed H.R. 5017, the Rural Housing Preservation and Stabilization Act, to ensure that families in rural Iowa communities continue to have access to affordable mortgages through the Department of Agriculture’s loan guarantee program.

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HUD Secretary Donovan and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Unveil First...

WASHINGTON, DC - August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced today the launch of the National Mortgage Servicing Settlement’s first public service announcement (PSA) television ad titled “Homeowner Help.” The PSA, which can be viewed at www.hud.gov and www.nationalmortgagesettlement.com, is designed to educate homeowners about the resources available to them through the mortgage servicing settlement.

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