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Thank you to the 2013 HousingIowa Conference attendees, speakers and sponsors! The conference materials are available here.
Congratulations to the 2013 HousingIowa Award winners:
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Pictured: Dave Jamison (IFA Executive Director), Tim Ostroski and Dar Baum (Chair, IFA Board of Directors)
HousingIowa Single-Family Development Award: Southern Iowa COG Housing Trust Fund
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Pictured: Dave Jamison (IFA Executive Director), Kris Vodraska, Sam Erickson, Doug LaBounty and Dar Baum (Chair, IFA Board of Directors)
HousingIowa Multifamily Development Award: Community Housing Initiatives, Inc.
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Pictured: Dave Jamison (IFA Executive Director), Megan Thibodeau, Tony Timm, Judy Anderson, Dar Baum (Chair, IFA Board of Directors), Jason Gross and Tom Vance
HousingIowa Special Needs Development Award: Central Iowa Shelter & Services
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Pictured: Dave Jamison (IFA Executive Director), Senator Robert Dvorsky and Dar Baum (Chair, IFA Board of Directors)
HousingIowa Legislative Friend of Housing Award: Senator Robert Dvorsky
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Pictured: Dave Jamison (IFA Executive Director), Jonette Spurlock (Center for Siouxland), Susan McGuire (Center for Siouxland), Amy Keairns (City of Sioux City), Major Von Vandiver (Salvation Army) and Dar Baum (Chair, IFA Board of Directors)
Kay Anderson Friend of Iowa Award: Susan McGuire, Center for Siouxland
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Pictured: Randy Henkle, Dave Jamison (IFA Executive Director), Nathan Smithey and Dar Baum (Chair, IFA Board of Directors)
Top Lender Award: Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corporation
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Pictured: Dave Jamison (IFA Executive Director), Dan Staub and Dar Baum (Chair, IFA Board of Directors)
Outstanding Lender Award: Wells Fargo
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The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently approved a combined total of almost $2 million to assist 25 agencies across Iowa with homelessness prevention and assistance initiatives during the 2014 calendar year. Read more. The Iowa Finance Authority is seeking proposals for administrative support for the Iowa Council on Homelessness. Read more.
The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors recently certified the Waterloo Housing Trust Fund and the Western Iowa Community Improvement Regional Housing Trust Fund through the State Housing Trust Fund's Local Housing Trust Fund program. Read more.
The Iowa Finance Authority issued a request for proposals for a master service provider for single-family mortgage loan programs. Read more.
The Iowa Finance Authority is hosting three Housing Tax Credit developer meetings in October, and one optional meeting. Attendance at one of the three meetings is mandatory for developers planning to submit an application for 2014 Housing Tax Credits. Registration is available here.
The 2014 Draft Qualified Allocation Plan will go before the Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors on October 2, 2013.
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Pictured (from left to right): Jane Larson (Iowa Finance Authority); Pallin and Brooke Turner (landowner); Jon Baier (Bank Iowa, Clarinda); and Tony Toigo (Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship)
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Bank Iowa of Clarinda was recently recognized with the State Revolving Fund's statewide top lender award and Brooke Turner of Clarinda was awarded the inaugural outstanding landowner award.
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Twenty Iowa cities will benefit from a combined total of more than $42.3 million in low-cost water quality loans through the State Revolving Fund. Read more.
A new program focused on preventing and cleaning-up polluted runoff from city streets and agricultural land will soon award more than $12 million to 22 Iowa communities. The Water Resource Restoration Sponsored Projects effort, a new source of funding for water quality improvement, is seeking public comment on the 22 projects it selected out of 32 applicants and will be going before the Environmental Protection Commission on Monday, October 14, 2013. Read more.
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Pictured from left to right: (top) Diane Kuhl, Dave Vaske, Judy Peterson, Becky Wu, Carla Pope, Bob Skelley, (bottom) Michael Johnson, Matt Veldey, Executive Director Dave Jamison, Julie Noland and Brook Whitney
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Several Iowa Finance Authority staff members reached a service milestone as of July 1, 2013. Congratulations and thank you for your service! 5 Years of ServiceDave Vaske Brook Whitney Becky Wu 10 Years of ServiceMichael Johnson Diane Kuhl Carla Pope Matt Veldey 15 Years of ServiceKaren Kulisky 20 Years of ServiceJudy Peterson Bob Skelley 25 Years of ServiceJulie Noland
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