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State announces winners of design challenge competition for K-12 Iowa students

Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa Department of Education recently named the winners of the Build Iowa’s Future Design Challenge. The competition challenges elementary, middle and high school students to design a place to live …

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HUD makes $123 million available to address youth homelessness; $1 million to Iowa nonprofit

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $51.1 million in youth homelessness system improvement grants to 38 communities across 26 states, Puerto Rico and Guam. The youth homelessness system improvement grants are the …

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Pleasant Hill board denies request for apartment project

A request by a nonprofit group to allow a supervised group residence on Pleasant Hill was denied by the city’s Board of Adjustment on Thursday. Greater Des Moines Supportive Housing, a nonprofit group that provides …

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Connecting housing and education

Panelists at this week’s Women Build Luncheon included, from left, Mary Chapman, vice president emeritus, Des Moines Area Community College; Bridget Cravens-Neely, CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa; and Tascha Brown, director of…
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Iowa agency launches incubator to ease homelessness

The first-ever Iowa Innovation in Homelessness Incubator, an effort to implement new ideas to ease homelessness, has been launched by the Iowa Finance Authority. The agency is seeking proposals to address homelessness prevention or response. …

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Forum on Black homeownership set for June 1

The Neighborhood Finance Corp. (NFC) will host an event for community members focused on Black homeownership in Polk County from 10 a.m. to noon, on June 1, at the Des Moines Central Library. The event …

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Proposed Des Moines-area rental projects awarded funding

Valley Ridge (top image), a proposed apartment project at 1245 Eighth St. in West Des Moines, and The Townhall (bottom image), a mixed-use project proposed at 1609 Sixth Ave. in Des Moines, were among three…
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Premier housing development planned for northeast Ankeny

The construction of a new premier housing development in Ankeny could begin as soon as this fall, a representative for DRA Properties, the developer of the project, said.

The development is located in an area …

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Invest DSM expands footprint in Des Moines

Three Des Moines neighborhoods – Union Park, North of Grand and Woodland Heights – will join Invest DSM as Special Investment Districts in 2025, a move that will allow the neighborhoods to access revitalization grants.…

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State opens nominations for 2024 Housing Iowa Awards

The Iowa Finance Authority announced a call for nominations for the 17th annual Housing Iowa Awards. The awards program recognizes outstanding leadership and innovation across all spectrums of housing in Iowa. The theme of the …