The Housing Trust Fund is the comprehensive planning, advocacy and funding organization for Polk County, Iowa
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Issue: February 2013
Supply and Demand
Comprehensive Inventory Underway
On February 1, 2013 the PCHTF Board of Directors received a written and oral update from Dr, Jane Rongerude of Iowa State University on an affordable housing inventory commissioned in 2012. The entire report will not be completed until fall of 2013 but initial research provides meaningful insights.
In 2007 CommonBond acquired 100 units of affordable housing in the distressed Capitol East neighborhood of downtown Des Moines from a for-profit developer to preserve these much needed units as affordable. The rehabilitation of 60 units was completed in 2011. (Boomsbury Village shown)
Spring Bus Tour
Register Now
The PCHTF is now taking reservations for the first of three scheduled Bus Tours during 2013. This spring's tour will be held as a part of Affordable Housing Week, April 15 - 20th. To register for the April 19 Bus Tour email Carol Duncan at cduncan@pchtf.org To see information on previous tours:
The PCHTF is planning Affordable Housing Week for April 15th through the 20th.
The Housing Trust Fund Welcomes new Board Members
New Faces Around the Director's Table
At its Annual Meeting on February 1, 2013 the Polk County Housing Trust Fund elected six new members to its Board of Directors.
PCHTF Funder Principal Financial Group has the Floor
Mary O'Keefe Shares Insights
I once heard it said the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families (and communities) don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. One American dream my parents struggled with while raising us in Chicago was to own a home. I was the seventh of 11 children and the issue of providing affordable housing is a very personal one for me.
