1. Tackling Affordable Housing Issues & Building Vibrant Neighborhoods Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference - September 24-26, 2014 By: Christine Gordon & Justin Yarosevich

2. Speakers ▪ Christine Gordon – Housing Planner – City of West Des Moines – 515-273-0770 (Phone) – Christine.Gordon@wdm.iowa.gov Christine.Gordon@wdm.iowa.gov – www.Wdm.iowa.gov (web) www.Wdm.iowa.gov ▪ Justin Yarosevich – Assistant City Manager/City Clerk – City of Storm Lake – 712-732-8000 (Phone) – justin@stormlake.org (Email) justin@stormlake.org – www.stormlake.org (Web) www.stormlake.org

3. Presentation Goals ▪ What is housing? ▪ Neighborhood Approach ▪ Highlight Specific Programs – CDBG – Regional Approach – Sub-Division ▪ Questions & Sharing Other Examples from Attendees

4. What is housing? New Construction Low Income Housing Rehabilitation Senior Housing Rental Units Temporary Housing Transitional Housing Homeless Shelters

5. Neighborhood Approach - West Des Moines ▪ Valley Junction – original neighborhood of City – Floods caused an influx of investment into neighborhood – Main Street Community – Great American Main Street Community ▪ Prior to Floods of 1993 – Rehabilitation of homes had already began prior to Floods of 1993 – 100% of Valley Junction considered a flood plain – Planning on the Walnut Creek levee had already begun

6. Floods of 1993 Every business flooded 150 total 400 homes flooded

7. Valley Junction – Recovery ▪ 100 homes demolished ▪ 300 homes had some type of rehabilitation ▪ Businesses started to reopen within 2 weeks of flood ▪ Recovery took minimum of 6 years

8. Valley Junction – 20 years later ▪ New senior rental housing ▪ Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program ▪ New single family construction on infill lots ▪ Second Story rehabilitation ▪ Historic City Hall Rehabilitation ▪ Business Incubator ▪ Art Incubator – Artist Live/Work Units – conversion of 100 year old elementary school ▪ Historic Valley Junction Foundation

9. Income Comparison – 2005 to 2014 Census Block Group20052014 110.01 153.1%44.05% 110.01 255.8%47.73% 110.01 342.3%34.6% 110.01 447.5%32.8%

10. Neighborhood Approach - Storm Lake ▪ Concept of a concentrated effort of improvement - East Side Sub- division

11. Neighborhood Approach – Storm Lake ▪ Phase 2Neighborhood Park & Phase 3 – Housing Rehabilitation

12. CDBG Housing Rehabilitation ▪ Program is administered by IEDA & is competitive ▪ Owner Occupied Program ▪ Forgivable Loans of up to $24,999 – forgivable at 20% per year over 5 years ▪ CDBG Program typically provides a large share of the funds (City has some matching funds)

13. Regional Approach to Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation ▪ Metro Home Improvement Program – 28E Agreement between 10 suburban cities in the Des Moines Metro – Administration is split among cities ~$5,000/year/city – Each city contributes $20,000 toward rehabilitation – matched with grant from Polk County Housing Trust Fund – Spend $12,500 per house – Complete 3-4 houses per city per year

14. City Owned Sub-Division 24 Lot Sub-Division Neighborhood Park Storm Water Features Medium level housing Revenue Generated By: TIF Lot Sales Includes 2 LMI Lots – Partnership with Habitat for Humanity

15. Questions & Other Examples From Your Community Thanks for attending our session!