Housing

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Housing subsidy ideas shared by panelists

Participants in a panel discussion on housing subsidies at last week’s Affordable Housing Week Symposium included (left to right) Steve Eggleston, Abbey Gillroy, Lisa Crabbs, Jennifer Cooper and Terri Rosonke. Photo courtesy Polk County Housing Trust …

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Panelists share ideas for improving housing stability

The Polk County Housing Trust Fund’s Eric Burmeister (left) moderated a panel discussion on housing stability with Anne Bacon of Impact Community Action Agency, Amal Barre of Oakridge Neighborhood and Nate Smithberg of Iowa Legal …

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Panelists share ways to increase affordable housing supply

Jenna Kimberley (left), president of the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, moderated a panel discussion on the housing supply during this week’s Affordable Housing Week Symposium. Panelists (left to right) were Carrie Woerdeman …

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Housing programs get financial boosts from donations

Efforts to provide affordable housing in Polk County and to reduce the number of evictions occurring in Iowa received financial boosts this week: The county supervisors approved allocating $15.1 million from the federal government to …

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Iowa House passes scaled-back bill for mobile home tenants

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A bill to safeguard residents of mobile home parks against rapid rent and fee increases, as well as adding protections against evictions, passed the Iowa House on Tuesday night despite criticism it had …

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City Council gives nod to rezoning requests for restaurant and row houses

The Des Moines City Council approved two rezoning requests Monday, one for a restaurant and brewery on 18th Street and the other for the development of 15 row houses on Fleur Drive.

The council voted …

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Hubbell plans new senior living community in Waukee

      Hubbell Realty Co. is planning its eighth senior living community in the Des Moines area, this one in Waukee on nearly 5 acres at Southeast Tallgrass Lane and Southeast Parkview Crossing Drive. 

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Local Habitat for Humanity to get $9M from Mackenzie Scott gift

Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity will receive $9 million of a $436 million donation to Habitat for Humanity from MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s richest women.

Scott, who previously had been married to …

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Missouri group buys Des Moines apartments; Hubbell Realty buys more land in Waukee

Bach Partners LLC, located in Kansas City, Mo., paid Broadway Heights Apartments LLC and Broadway Heights Apartments II LLC $13 million for property at 4216 E. 50th St. in Des Moines, Polk County real estate records …

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Mortgage rates top 4% for the first time since 2019

Wall Street Journal: The era of ultralow mortgage rates is over. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage topped 4% for the first time since May 2019, Freddie Mac said today. At the beginning of …