Our Inaugural Issue
As a community leader and stakeholder you are receiving the first of monthly eNewsletters from the Polk County Housing Trust Fund. Its purpose is to keep the community informed on issues concerning affordable housing in Polk County. It is designed to be informative as well as to stimulate discussion and creative thinking to bring Powerful Solutions to this Basic Need. Please forward to others who you think should be at this table. Engage us in discussion in person, by telephone, email, Facebook or Twitter.
Community Tours
The PCHTF has been successful in sponsoring community bus tours focusing on affordable housing issues in the Greater Des Moines area. We will now be sponsoring these tours three times each year. Each tour will focus on a specific housing issue or need. These tours help community leaders understand the challenges and potential solutions in providing affordable housing. The next tour is scheduled for Friday morning October 21st at 9 am. The focus will be affordable rental housing. You can register by calling the office or sending an e mail to cduncan@pchtf.org. |
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Drake Neighborhood Activities Update
Welcome to an exciting season of activity in the Northeast Drake Neighborhood. For nearly a century the Ingleside Hills neighborhood has been a proud and diverse community situated in the heart of Des Moines. With the financial assistance of many organizations the neighborhood is about to get a $10.0M facelift!
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A Legacy of Funding Continues
At its June board meeting the Polk County Housing Trust Fund Board of Directors announced its intent to provide over $550,000.00 in Operating and Supportive Service funding for the next fiscal year. Since 1998 the PCHTF has allocated almost $8M to community housing providers in the form of Operating and Supportive Service funding.
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Affordable Housing - What's Ahead?
A recent article in the Des Moines Register points out a disturbing trend. The latest census figures show that there has been a marked increase in people "doubling up" for housing. More intergenerational families and unrelated individuals are living together. Doubling up is a reliable leading indicator of an affordable housing market under stress.
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Vicki Facto has the Floor
Each month a PCHTF Board Member will share their commitment to Affordable Housing. The first in this series is offered by our board chair.
I'd like to say I'm a life-long resident of Des Moines, but I actually came here when I was two months old from Evanston, Illinois in a 1965 Mustang.
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