Surprised, confused and disappointed.That's the absorption from a Des Moines nonprofit radical aft learning Iowa is acceptable to miss retired connected millions of dollars successful pandemic rental assistance funding.IMPACT Community Action Partnership says it learned this week the authorities plans to instrumentality $89.4 cardinal of rental assistance to the Treasury Department. The nonprofit radical said that wealth could person been allocated straight to Polk and Linn counties.Twenty-five percent of it could spell to gathering new, low-incoming lodging units.Now, the counties volition request to vie with different communities nationwide for funding. The Iowa Finance Authority is the bureau successful complaint of allocating the funds.It says it's nary longer moving an exigency rental assistance programme — and has "ensured that Polk County has the accusation indispensable to apply" for the nationalist pool.IMPACT says Polk County got astir $65 cardinal during the archetypal circular of exigency rental assistance funding. They were hoping for a akin allocation this time.IMPACT says the state is abbreviated astir 12,000 low-income lodging units. Iowa arsenic a full is abbreviated astir 55,000.The radical says arsenic backing decreases, the request continues to rise.It says it gets 50 to 100 rental assistance applications each day.The Iowa Finance Authority says it enactment retired $55 cardinal of rental assistance successful the past 2 years. On Friday, the bureau announced an $8 cardinal concern to physique caller lodging for stateless people.It's each portion of the National Housing Trust Fund.Half of that wealth volition spell to physique 18 rental homes successful Ames.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Surprised, confused and disappointed.
That's the absorption from a Des Moines nonprofit radical aft learning Iowa is acceptable to miss retired connected millions of dollars successful pandemic rental assistance funding.
IMPACT Community Action Partnership says it learned this week the authorities plans to instrumentality $89.4 cardinal of rental assistance to the Treasury Department.
The nonprofit radical said that wealth could person been allocated straight to Polk and Linn counties.
Twenty-five percent of it could spell to gathering new, low-incoming lodging units.
Now, the counties volition request to vie with different communities nationwide for funding.
The Iowa Finance Authority is the bureau successful complaint of allocating the funds.
It says it's nary longer moving an exigency rental assistance programme — and has "ensured that Polk County has the accusation indispensable to apply" for the nationalist pool.
IMPACT says Polk County got astir $65 cardinal during the archetypal circular of exigency rental assistance funding.
They were hoping for a akin allocation this time.
IMPACT says the state is abbreviated astir 12,000 low-income lodging units. Iowa arsenic a full is abbreviated astir 55,000.
The radical says arsenic backing decreases, the request continues to rise.
It says it gets 50 to 100 rental assistance applications each day.
The Iowa Finance Authority says it enactment retired $55 cardinal of rental assistance successful the past 2 years.
On Friday, the bureau announced an $8 cardinal concern to physique caller lodging for stateless people.
It's each portion of the National Housing Trust Fund.
Half of that wealth volition spell to physique 18 rental homes successful Ames.
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