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  • The Governor’s Rebuild Iowa Office recently announced the availability of applications for the new Jumpstart Housing Assistance Program. The Jumpstart Housing Assistance Program is intended to aid individuals whose homes were destroyed or damaged by the natural disasters of 2008.
  • IFA’s FirstHome & FirstHome Plus brochure has been updated to include new income limits for counties that have been declared disaster areas. Recent changes to the program mean people who live in these counties may take advantage of the low-interest loan program even if they have owned a home previously.
  • In late August Governor Culver announced that the state of Iowa is setting aside millions of dollars in federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to aid the development of affordable multifamily housing in counties that were hit hard by this summer’s historic flooding and severe weather. Read the news release.
  • All 2009 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit application documents are final and posted.
  • Formal comments about the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program’s 2009 First Amended Qualified Allocation Plan are accepted through September 30, 2008. Send comments to Carla Pope.
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  • The communities of Collins, Storm Lake, Lake Park, Leon, Fort Madison and the Poweshiek Water Association are recent recipients of Planning & Design Loans from the Iowa Finance Authority. Read the news release.
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  • As part of the 2008 HousingIowa Conference, IFA is offering Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Compliance Training. Quadel Consulting Company out of Washington DC will repeat the four-hour training three times during the conference. Learn more here.
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