Housing

Shane Phillips, author of “The Affordable City: Strategies for putting housing within reach (and keeping it there),” will be the keynote speaker at the Affordable Housing Symposium to be held at 8 a.m. April 7 …

Included among the goals of the city of Waukee is providing affordable housing in the Dallas County community.

To help achieve that goal, Waukee has purchased 15.2 acres of undeveloped ground at 500 N. Warrior Lane, paying Prairie Rose …

Construction of a multifamily affordable housing project aimed at people 55 and older is scheduled to begin in the summer at 8701 Ashworth Road in West Des Moines. CT Development plans a similar project at …

Local developers are proposing converting an extended-stay hotel in Clive to multifamily housing. Photo courtesy of Google

An extended-stay hotel in Clive would be converted to multifamily housing that, if approved by elected officials, would provide …

A single-family rental housing development is proposed in West Des Moines that would include 195 one- and two-bedroom houses. Architectural rendering special to the Business Record

A single-family, rental housing development, described as the first of …

The Polk County Housing Trust Fund has awarded $953,240 in grants and forgivable loans to seven organizations and developers for the addition of 116 housing units in the community. Specifically, the group awarded:

The average value of a Des Moines-area residential building permit grew by more than $43,000, or 17%, between January and December 2021, illustrating the effect soaring material prices and demand for new housing are having …