03 Nov 2022

Iowa Finance Authority Awards Nearly $5 Million to Support Homelessness Assistance Initiatives

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 3, 2022) — The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Board of Directors recently approved more than $4.7 million in federal and state grants to assist 44 agencies with homelessness assistance initiatives during the 2023 calendar year.

01 Sep 2022

Iowa Finance Authority Awards Nearly $10 Million in Federal Housing Tax Credits for the Construction of a Total of Nearly 400 Rental Units in 11 Communities

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 1, 2022) — On August 31, The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors awarded a total of nearly $10 million in federal housing-tax credits to support the construction of a total of 385 affordable-rental homes for Iowans. The awards were made to eleven rental-housing projects located in Adel, Audubon, Bondurant, Boone, Carroll, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Grinnell, Hiawatha, Ottumwa, and Winterset.

02 Dec 2021

Iowa Finance Authority Awards More Than $9 Million to Local Housing Trust Funds to Advance Housing Priorities

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 2, 2021) — The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors have announced the award of a total of more than $9 million in grants to 27 Local Housing Trust Funds to support local housing initiatives. The grant awards are made available through the Local Housing Trust Fund program and are expected to assist more than 2,100 families.

13 Oct 2021

Iowa Finance Authority and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Announce Hometown Pride Water Tower Contest to Highlight the Importance of Water Quality

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 13, 2021) — The Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources today announced a water tower contest that challenges Iowa communities to show-off their hometown pride in a short video for a chance to win a one-of-a-kind water tower design by Iowa artist Laura Palmer as well as design installation.

29 Sep 2021

Iowa Finance Authority Awards more than $13.2 Million in Federal Housing Tax Credits for the Construction of Nearly 700 Rental Homes

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 29, 2021) — The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently awarded a total of more than $13.2 million in federal housing tax credits to support the construction of 699 rental homes for Iowans. The eighteen rental housing projects are located in Boone, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Council Bluffs, DeWitt, Grinnell, Johnston, Marion, Marshalltown, Shenandoah and West Des Moines.

26 Jun 2020

Iowa Finance Authority Seeks Nominations for 2020 HousingIowa Awards

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 26, 2020) — The Iowa Finance Authority is seeking nominations for the thirteenth annual HousingIowa Awards. The HousingIowa Awards recognize outstanding programs, projects and individuals in all sectors of Iowa’s housing industry for their leadership and innovation in advancing housing opportunities in Iowa. Award nominations are due July 31.

09 Apr 2020

Iowa Economic Development Authority Announces 500 Small Businesses to Benefit from First Round of Iowa Small Business Relief Grants

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 9, 2020) — The Iowa Economic Development Authority recently announced that 500 small businesses have been awarded a total of more than $10 million in grants through the Iowa Small Business Relief Grant program. The program has a total of $24 million available to allocate, the additional grant recipients to be notified through additional rounds this week.

02 Jan 2020

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces $775,000 in Grants Awarded to Assist Six Communities in Improving Water-Quality Infrastructure

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 2, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds today announced that water-quality infrastructure projects in Davenport, DeSoto, Nora Springs, Osceola, Schleswig, and West Union have been awarded a total of $775,000 in grants. The funding is made available through the Wastewater and Drinking Water Financial Assistance Program, which was created as a part of Senate File 512, the first legislation signed into law by Gov Reynolds in January 2018.

13 Dec 2019

Iowa Finance Authority Celebrates Record Number of Home Buyers Assisted, Goes for Guinness World Record

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 13, 2019) — The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) helped 3,337 Iowans purchase a home in 2019, the most in the agencies’ history. To celebrate the community benefits of homeownership, IFA invites the public to help them break the Guinness World Record for the most people decorating gingerbread houses simultaneously.

18 Nov 2019

Iowa Council on Homelessness Recognizes Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in Iowa

By Ashley Jared

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 18, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds recently proclaimed November 16-24 as Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in Iowa, joined by members of the Iowa Council on Homelessness.

Iowa joins with the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Student Campaign against Hunger and Homelessness as well as more than 700 other organizations throughout the country in bringing awareness to the pressing issues of hunger and homelessness.

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