The Rural Housing Assessment Grant program supports the use of publicly available, online information and rural community efforts to interpret publicly available hard data to implement changes through development codes, local ordinances, and housing incentives specific to individual community needs.
Donor Name: Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA)
State: Iowa
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 20 months
Details:
In partnership with Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach’s Rural Housing Readiness Assessment workshops, program funding will empower communities to assess the current development environment and enact changes resulting in the creation of policies and procedures attractive to potential developers.
The program is administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s (IEDA) Center for Rural Revitalization in consultation with the Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative Task Forces and ISU Extension and Outreach.
The Rural Housing Assessment Grant Program provides funding for housing assessment data collection and ISU Extension and Outreach Rural Housing Assessment Readiness Workshop. Funds may be used to fulfill that process at the discretion of the grant recipient but must contribute to the completion of the housing assessment report, workshop or implementation of the workshop outcomes within the contract period
Funding Information
Grant amounts are $10,000 with a cash match of $5,000.
Funding Period
All project activities and incurred expenses must occur within the eligible contracted funding period of October 15, 2023 – June 30, 2025. Funding is awarded on a reimbursement basis after expenses have been incurred for approved project activities within the eligible funding period. Expenses incurred before or after the eligible funding period are not eligible for reimbursement.
Eligible Project Requirements
Requirements for Rural Housing Assessment Interpretation and Implementation grant awards include, but are not limited to the following:
- Applicants must demonstrate the capacity for grants administration.
- Applications must demonstrate the feasibility of completing the proposed activities with the funds requested and contract period.
- Applications must identify and describe any other sources of funding for the proposed activities.
- Applications must provide $5,000 cash match for each city or full county partnering on the application.
- Applications must agree to utilize information available on the Iowa Profile tool.
- Applications must agree to contract with ISU Extension and Outreach for the facilitated Rural Housing Assessment Readiness Workshop.
- Applications must identify any additional partner organizations that will be utilized in additional data collection or implementation processes.
Eligibility Criteria
- Local city and county governments, or federally recognized tribal governments physically located in Iowa.
- Projects/programs must exist in and benefit a community in Iowa with a population of 20,000 or fewer and not contiguous to a city with a population of 40,000 or greater. If a countywide project, must be in one of the 88 least populous counties.
For more information, visit IEDA.
