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Establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa finance authority
Sponsored by Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D), Sen. Mike Zimmer (D)
Topics:Cities & counties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires the Iowa finance authority to establish a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program for the purpose of providing and fostering lending programs and other services to facilitate targeted neighborhood revitalization in designated urban and rural areas in this state. The bill provides that the program shall include a forgivable loan program for qualifying home improvements, repairs, and renovations for an owner-occupied home. The bill requires the authority to adopt rules governing the loan program.
Read the full explanation
The rules must specify the types of improvements, repairs, and renovation authorized for the program, and the method for determining, if applicable, the portion of a loan that is to be forgiven based on household income. The bill also establishes a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program fund under the control of the authority.106A(1)(o), and any other gift, donation, federal or other grant, or appropriation intended to be used for purposes of the fund. The bill provides that all moneys in the fund which remain unexpended or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available in subsequent fiscal years.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 20, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§16.222
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Lobbying
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 3 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 436 Establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa fina…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 76 Establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa fina…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 2073 Establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa fina…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 72 Establishing a neighborhood housing revitalization assistance program within the Iowa fina…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.