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A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority.

A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority.

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
PETERSEN, WINCKLER, DONAHUE, STAED, BLAKE, TRONE GARRIOTT, BENNETT, ZIMMER, DOTZLER, TOWNSEND and CELSI
Last action
2025-02-20
Official status
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Webster, and Weiner. S.J. 328 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority.

A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Driscoll, Webster, and Weiner. S.J. 328 .

  2. 2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Local Government. S.J. 296 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority.

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Senate

File

357

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

357

BY

PETERSEN

,

WINCKLER

,

DONAHUE

,

STAED

,

BLAKE

,

TRONE

GARRIOTT

,

BENNETT

,

ZIMMER

,

DOTZLER

,

TOWNSEND

,

and

CELSI

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

establishing

a

neighborhood

housing

revitalization

1

assistance

program

within

the

Iowa

finance

authority.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

16.222

Neighborhood

housing

1

revitalization

assistance

program

——

fund.

2

1.

The

authority

shall

establish

a

neighborhood

housing

3

revitalization

assistance

program

to

provide

and

foster

4

lending

programs

and

other

services

to

facilitate

targeted

5

neighborhood

revitalization

in

designated

urban

and

rural

areas

6

in

this

state.

The

program

shall

encourage

the

development

of

7

public-private

partnerships

to

provide

loans

and

grants

for

the

8

purpose

of

revitalizing

housing

in

the

designated

areas.

9

2.

The

neighborhood

housing

revitalization

assistance

10

program

shall

include

a

forgivable

loan

program

for

11

qualifying

home

improvements,

repairs,

and

renovations

for

12

an

owner-occupied

home.

The

authority

shall

establish,

by

13

rule,

criteria

for

the

forgivable

loan

program,

subject

to

14

available

funding,

to

include

maximum

loan

amounts,

allowable

15

improvements,

repairs

and

renovations

for

utilizing

the

16

program,

and

the

method

for

determining,

if

applicable,

that

17

portion

of

a

loan

to

be

forgiven

based

on

household

income.

18

Eligible

improvements,

repairs,

and

renovations

for

the

19

forgivable

loan

program

include

but

are

not

limited

to

updating

20

aged

or

unsafe

heating

or

air

conditioning

systems;

upgrading

21

electrical

and

plumbing

systems;

roof

repair

or

replacement;

22

foundation

repair;

exterior

siding

repair

or

replacement;

23

exterior

paint;

window

and

door

repair

or

replacement;

garage

24

construction,

repair,

or

replacement;

energy

efficiency-related

25

repairs

or

upgrades;

architectural

barrier

removal

and

26

wheelchair

or

mobility

assistive

device

accessibility;

sidewalk

27

and

driveway

repair

or

replacement;

and

interior

repairs

and

28

updates.

Landscape

improvements

or

repairs

shall

not

be

29

eligible

for

the

forgivable

loan

program.

30

3.

a.

A

neighborhood

housing

revitalization

assistance

31

program

fund

is

created

in

the

state

treasury

under

the

control

32

of

the

authority.

Moneys

in

the

fund

shall

be

appropriated

33

to

the

authority

for

purposes

of

the

neighborhood

housing

34

revitalization

assistance

program

as

established

in

this

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section.

1

b.

The

fund

shall

consist

of

any

unobligated

funds

2

transferred

to

the

fund

from

a

fund

described

in

section

3

15.106A,

subsection

1,

paragraph

“o”

,

and

any

other

gift,

4

donation,

federal

or

other

grant,

or

appropriation

from

any

5

source

intended

to

be

used

for

the

purposes

of

the

fund.

6

c.

Notwithstanding

section

8.33,

all

moneys

in

the

fund

7

which

remain

unexpended

or

unobligated

at

the

close

of

the

8

fiscal

year

shall

not

revert

to

the

general

fund

of

the

state

9

but

shall

remain

available

for

expenditure

for

subsequent

10

fiscal

years.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

requires

the

Iowa

finance

authority

to

establish

a

15

neighborhood

housing

revitalization

assistance

program

for

the

16

purpose

of

providing

and

fostering

lending

programs

and

other

17

services

to

facilitate

targeted

neighborhood

revitalization

in

18

designated

urban

and

rural

areas

in

this

state.

19

The

bill

provides

that

the

program

shall

include

a

20

forgivable

loan

program

for

qualifying

home

improvements,

21

repairs,

and

renovations

for

an

owner-occupied

home.

The

22

bill

requires

the

authority

to

adopt

rules

governing

the

loan

23

program.

The

rules

must

specify

the

types

of

improvements,

24

repairs,

and

renovation

authorized

for

the

program,

and

the

25

method

for

determining,

if

applicable,

the

portion

of

a

loan

26

that

is

to

be

forgiven

based

on

household

income.

27

The

bill

also

establishes

a

neighborhood

housing

28

revitalization

assistance

program

fund

under

the

control

of

29

the

authority.

The

bill

provides

that

the

fund

shall

consist

30

of

any

unobligated

funds

transferred

to

the

fund

from

a

fund

31

described

in

Code

section

15.106A(1)(o),

and

any

other

gift,

32

donation,

federal

or

other

grant,

or

appropriation

intended

to

33

be

used

for

purposes

of

the

fund.

The

bill

provides

that

all

34

moneys

in

the

fund

which

remain

unexpended

or

unobligated

at

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the

close

of

a

fiscal

year

shall

not

revert

but

shall

remain

1

available

in

subsequent

fiscal

years.

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