Polk County Housing Trust Fund

We Make Housing Affordable.

Learn more about the Polk County Housing Trust Fund board, how we work, how we're funded, and what we've accomplished.

Board of Directors

The PCHTF Board is presently comprised of 13 members each representing a constituency segment. They meet monthly on the 1st Friday of the month, with a public forum. For more information please call the PCHTF Administration office at 515-282-3233.

PCHTF BOARD APPOINTED MEMBERS

Chair, E. J. Giovannetti, Polk County Board of Supervisors
Vice Chair, Stephanie Reynolds, Assistant City Administrator, City of Johnston
Secretary, Victoria Facto, Vice President Commercial Lender, Bankers Trust Company
Treasurer, Doug Sharp, Chairman, BSB Design 
Dean Armantrout, Partner, EDGE Commercial
Angela Connolly, Polk County Board of Supervisors
Creighton Cox, Director of Government Affairs, Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines
Larry Goodell, Area Manager, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Lance Henning, Executive Director, Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity
Christine Hensley, Des Moines City Council
Gary Lorenz, Vice President-Treasurer, Marine Distributors, Inc.
Barbara Mueller, Chief Credit and Risk Officer, Principal Bank
Robert Sherwood, VP and Treasurer, Home Mortgage, Nationwide Advantage Mortgage
Art Wittmack, Director, Neumann Brothers, Inc.

Volunteer legal assistance is provided by Eric Burmeister and Candy Morgan


Upcoming Meetings:
The proposed Polk County Housing Trust Fund board meetings for 2010 are listed below. All meetings take place at the PCHTF offices and begin at 10:00 a.m.

January 8
February 5 (Annual Meeting)
March 5
April 2
May 7
June 4
No Meeting in July
August 6
September 3
October 1
November 5
December 3

Agenda and Minutes
To download the agendas or minutes to recent meetings, click on the meeting date below:

Agendas for 2009 board meetings:
January 14
February 6
March 6
April 3
May 1
June 5
August 7
September 4
October 2

Minutes for 2009 board meetings:
January 14
February 6
March 6
April 3
May 1
June 5
August 7

 

Doors Wide Open

The Polk County Housing Trust Fund, whose purpose is, "Providing resources, Partnering for affordable housing," is inviting partners, funders and friends of affordable housing to their 15th Anniversary event celebration, April 8, 2010.

Affordable Housing

For more information on Affordable Housing in Polk County, click on About Us, then Publication Archive.

Are you struggling to pay your mortgage?

For assistance, please contact Iowa Mortgage Help at 1-877-622-4866 or click on http://www.iowamortgagehelp.com.

2010 NOFA is available for Capital Improvement & Owner-Occupied

Click here for the 2010 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).

PROJECT RECOVERY IOWA

Click here to learn more about Project Recovery Iowa, a disaster mental health program to empower survivors and guide them to resources.

Need Housing Assistance?

If you need help finding affordable housing please call 2-1-1 or click on http://www.211iowa.org.

PLEASE NOTE!!!

Effective March 1, 2009 the Application phone number for the Polk County Emergency Repair Program will be: (515) 875-5566 After this date the current phone number (515) 286-3385 will no longer accept Emergency Home Repair Requests.