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Polk County Housing Trust shows region’s federally backed affordable housing and flags 13 properties at risk of losing affordability
Summary
Polk County Housing Trust presented a preservation database and interactive maps showing about 10,811 federally backed units in the region, 176 properties reviewed, and 13 properties at risk of losing affordability in the next five years (seven in Des Moines). Trust staff urged proactive preservation and offered per-ward detail for council follow-up.
Polk County Housing Trust staff told the Des Moines City Council they have merged HUD, Iowa Finance Authority and other datasets into an interactive preservation database to track federally backed, income-restricted housing across Polk, Dallas and Warren counties.
Matt Haugen, outreach and communications director for the trust, and Johnny Alsavar, director of planning, said the effort is designed to show where affordability restrictions exist, when they expire and where preservation or layered subsidy might be needed. "We wanted to…
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