Applications are open today for a second session of the multifamily development boot camp that is part of the Polk County Housing Trust Fund’s Develop the Developer Launchpad. This intensive two-week program offers people with interest and experience in real estate or property development the opportunity to gain skills and build relationships to make their housing ideas a reality. The boot camp uses a national curriculum developed by Freddie Mac with numerous local developers and housing...

As the launch of our region's new transit system approaches on June 14, we teamed up with transit agency DART to showcase the connection between housing and transit.

The Polk County Housing Trust Fund (PCHTF) will recognize individual and collective leadership in securing housing opportunity in Polk County during its upcoming Housing For All Excellence Soirée planned for the Highland Park neighborhood of Des Moines on Thursday, May 28. The annual event brings together leaders and community housing advocates across the metro to support the Trust Fund’s Community Investment grant making that supports critical nonprofit programs providing housing stability...