Housing Choice Voucher Program

Business & Consumer Affairs

Non-Residents Drawn to Iowa City Housing Vouchers

By Ryan Roccaforte and Emily Schettler | January 29, 2011

While only those who are legal residents of the Iowa City Housing Authority’s jurisdiction are able to receive housing assistance, that doesn’t stop out-of-state residents from applying to the program.

Business & Consumer Affairs

After Years of Debate, Lack of Action Frustrates Hopes for Affordable Housing

By Ryan Roccaforte and Emily Schettler | January 22, 2011

For more than a decade, Iowa City has grappled with a chronic social problem – how to provide adequate and affordable housing for people who don’t earn enough to pay for a place to live. The dilemma seems to have stumped and perhaps frustrated everyone involved – city officials, housing providers, the school district administrators, developers and especially the people these programs are supposed to help.