State agencies

Iowa Finance Authority

The state’s housing finance agency. It offers lower-cost mortgages and down payment help for first-time homebuyers, finances affordable housing, and helps cities pay for water and sewer projects.

Who leads it

Executive Director

General Fund, FY27 est.

$1.4M

Its budget over time

General Fund appropriations by fiscal year1. It runs mostly on its own bond and loan money, so its General Fund line is small.

$1.4M
$1.4M
Fiscal yearGeneral Fund
FY27 est.$1.4M
FY26$1.4M
FY25$1.4M
FY24$1.4M
FY23$1.2M
FY22$658K
FY21$658K
FY20$658K
FY19$658K
FY18$658K
FY17$658K
FY16$658K
FY15$658K
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearGeneral Fund
FY27 est.$1.4M
FY26$1.4M
FY25$1.4M
FY24$1.4M
FY23$1.2M
FY22$658K
FY21$658K
FY20$658K
FY19$658K
FY18$658K
FY17$658K
FY16$658K
FY15$658K

Bills that would change its laws

Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out2: chapter 16.

  • SF 2501Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, education savings accounts, independent accreditation, teacher training and licensure, the statewide voluntary preschool program, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, open enrollment, school tuition organizations, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisionsWithdrawn
  • HF 2772Relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority, department of workforce development, and state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and codifying the housing renewal programSigned by Governor
  • HF 2771Relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities associated with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and including contingent effective date provisionsSigned by Governor
  • HF 2754Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, education savings accounts, independent accreditation, teacher training and licensure, the statewide voluntary preschool program, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, open enrollment, school tuition organizations, private instruction, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisionsSigned by Governor
  • HF 2735Relating to programs administered by the Iowa finance authority including the firsthome program and home ownership assistance program for military members, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session ended
  • HF 2717Relating to executive branch functions, including legislative review, delay, and approval of administrative rules and ratification of certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
  • HF 2713Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, financing programs for charter schools and nonpublic schools administered by the Iowa finance authority, the statewide voluntary preschool program for the school start date, training and licensure, and making appropriations, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as HF 2754
  • SF 2458Relating to public safety answering points, including limitations, property tax allocation, service requirements, management, consolidation, transfer of duties from joint 911 service boards to local emergency management commissions, and reporting requirements, and including transfer and effective date provisionsDied when the session ended
  • SF 2425Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, financing programs for charter schools and nonpublic schools administered by the Iowa finance authority, the statewide voluntary preschool program for four-year-old children, education savings accounts, independent accrediting agencies, teacher training and licensure, and making appropriations, and including applicability and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as SF 2501
  • SF 2395Relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
  • HF 2618Eliminating the Iowa smart planning principles and other local comprehensive planning and development guidelinesDied when the session ended
  • SF 2372Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directivesWithdrawn