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Valuation of multifamily properties increases in Polk, Dallas counties

The valuation of multifamily properties has increased an average of 7.9% in Polk County and 21% in Dallas County, assessors’ information shows.

In Dallas County, multifamily projects that were completed in 2023 and 2024 and …

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Construction of workforce housing project in Waukee set to begin

Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority (top left photo) and Courtney Clarke, Waukee mayor (top right photo), talk about a workforce housing project as Lance Henning, CEO of…
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Funding approved for proposed housing project

The Des Moines City Council on Monday approved allocating $2.5 million to a housing project that would convert a hotel into rental housing for low-income adults. Greater Des Moines Supportive Housing, a nonprofit group that …

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Nonprofit group wants to convert downtown hotel into housing for low-income adults

A decades-old hotel that overlooks downtown Des Moines could be converted to rental housing for low-income adults, city documents show.

The Des Moines City Council at its meeting today is scheduled to vote on providing …

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Newly built houses make up larger share of Des Moines-area home sales but take longer to sell

Newly built homes made up 24% of homes sold in the Greater Des Moines area in 2024, a percentage that has increased each year since 2019, data from Multiple Listing Service shows. The chart above…
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Des Moines Heritage Trust to host first historic preservation awards dinner

The Des Moines Heritage Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving historic buildings in the Des Moines metro area, will hold its first historic preservation awards dinner at 5 p.m. on May 15 at the Des …

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Iowa Finance Authority awards grants to Boone, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity affiliates

The Iowa Finance Authority board of directors has awarded $100,000 in State Housing Trust Fund grants to Habitat for Humanity affiliates to support the construction of homes in Boone and Knoxville. The award is funded …

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Participants of inaugural Iowa Supportive Housing Institute announced

The Iowa Finance Authority and national housing support organization Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), have announced that seven teams, including one in Des Moines, will participate in Iowa’s inaugural Iowa Supportive Housing Institute. The institute is a …

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Des Moines rental development receives $3.62 million state grant

A Des Moines rental development has received grant funding from the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) to aid in housing development and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of becoming homeless.

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$10 million in assistance proposed for downtown Des Moines project

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The proposed project to renovate the Financial Center would receive up to $10 million in financial assistance from the city of Des Moines under a proposal scheduled to be voted on …

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