Housing With the 2009 Housing Fund awards, greater emphasis was placed on housing activities and projects that produce greener and more sustainable housing. Sustainable housing improves the quality of life for owners, tenants and homebuyers benefiting from these funded activities and projects, as well as the communities in which they are located. The IDED offered a variety of technical assistance, training opportunities and resources to promote green and sustainable building practices.

In 2009, the IDED received 105 applications for the IDED’s Housing Fund totaling over $42 million. The IDED was able to fund 47 of the 105 applications received. The grand total of the IDED’s 2009 Housing Fund awarded was $19,548,950.

The breakdown of applications received and awards made, by activity type, is as follows:

Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation – 65 applications; 25 awards ($6,560,181)
Rental – 32 applications; 16 awards ($11,192,279)
Homeownership Assistance – 6 applications; 4 awards ($1,205,640)
Tenant Based Rental Assistance – 2 applications; 2 awards ($590,850)

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The Community Development Division administers funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the HOME Partnership (HOME) program. The Community Development Division combines HOME and CDBG funds into the Iowa Housing Fund. Housing Fund provides assistance through local governments, non-profits and other entities to provide affordable housing on a large scale across the state. View the Searchable Project Portfolio.

Housing Enterprise Zone Program

The Housing Enterprise Zone program has helped to create over 9,600 Housing Units in the State’s Enterprise Zones since the start of the program in 1998. Developers and contractors building or rehabilitating housing in an established Enterprise Zone (40 eligible counties and 19 eligible cities) may be eligible to receive certain state tax incentives under this program. Applications are first approved by the local enterprise zone commission then submitted to the IDED for final approval. Projects have a two year completion date and can receive a refund of State sales tax paid as well as an investment tax credit for up to 10percent of eligible project costs. The IDED works closely with the Department of Revenue and the Local Enterprise Zone Commissions to administer this program. FY ’09 accomplishments include:

Approval of 52 applications for projects to construct 1,617 housing units
Total construction costs estimated at $266 million
The projects received a total of $10.6 million in investment tax credits and will receive an estimated $3.6 million in refunds of State sales tax paid during construction

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The Housing Enterprise Zone program provides developers and contractors building or rehabilitating housing in an established Enterprise Zone with eligibility to receive certain state tax incentives. View the Searchable Project Portfolio.