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Des Moines reports 2,914 Section 8 households under lease; HUD grant allowed agency to call hundreds from waiting list
Summary
Chris Johansen, Neighborhood Services director, briefed the council on the Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency’s public housing and voucher programs.
Chris Johansen, Neighborhood Services director, briefed the council on the Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency’s public housing and voucher programs.
Johansen said the agency manages 410 public-housing units: about 390 units in five apartment buildings and roughly 20 single-family homes. Single-family homes are being disposed of through three pathways: a Section 18 disposition to Habitat for Humanity (nine sold to date with more pending), a Section 32 affordable homeownership program (homes sold at a reduced price with a city-held second mortgage and a limited affordability period) and remaining single-family homes that will be evaluated and…
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