Allocations exceed $2.8M Development and Deployment of Strategic Support
This is the time of year the Polk County Housing Trust Fund plans for and allocates its financial resources for the next twelve months. This funding round drew on the expertise and opinions of over 60 individuals who attended key planning meetings through the month of May. Our collective focus was to consider requests for financial support from seven program providers, approve an agency administrative budget and allocate tax dollars among six categories of projects that expand or preserve affordable housing inventory in Polk County. During the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 the PCHTF will fund $2.8 million of projects and programs that advance the Trust Fund's vision of providing safe, stable and affordable permanent housing for Polk County residents. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about and support our plans for collective impact.
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Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines Announces Funding for PCHTF
The Polk County Housing Trust Fund (PCHTF) was recently selected as a grant recipient by the Community Foundation with an award of $30,000.
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News from PCHTF Provider-Partners
CHI's Crestview Terrace
It's been nearly one year since Community Housing Initiatives, Inc. (CHI) celebrated the grand reopening of Crestview Terrace Apartments in West Des Moines. The highly anticipated reopening continues to highlight the need of quality affordable housing for seniors in central Iowa.
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Collaboration is Key to Housing Success
Lorin Ditzler is a Community Planner with
RDG Planning & Design
As we cruise along on the PCHTF tour bus, it immediately becomes clear how Des Moines' central neighborhoods have been making their comeback: Collaboration.
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Registrations for July Bus Tour are Now Being Taken
Iowa Finance Authority to Co-Sponsor
Each year the PCHTF sponsors three bus tours for community leaders. The next is July 20th and will focus on affordable senior housing. The tour will be co-sponsored by IFA. The tours fill up fast. Register now.
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Christine Hensley has the Floor
Each month a PCHTF Board Member shares their commitment to Affordable Housing.
I've always believed experiences shape our views and choices. The speech therapist who stuttered as a child, the teacher whose parents worked the fields and didn't go to school, the young couple who couldn't afford the down payment on a house and the wife who now works to help others. The year was 1970 and that was my husband and me.
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