Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF617: A BILL FOR An Act modifying public improvements relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Status: In committee, April 28, 2025
An Act modifying public improvements relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act modifying public improvements relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, February 26, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act modifying public improvements relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas, and including effective date and applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1605YH (6) jm/md H.F. Section 1. Section 403.17, subsection 14, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 14. "Low or and moderate income families" means those families, including single person households, earning no more than eighty percent of the higher of the median family income of the county or the statewide nonmetropolitan area as determined by the latest United States department of housing and urban development, section 8 income guidelines. Sec. 2. Section 403.22, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH. d. (1) (a) For projects subject to paragraph "a", if the public improvement project is related to housing and residential development in an economic development area containing property that has been located entirely within the corporate limits of a city for twenty years or more, the amount to be provided for low and moderate income family housing for such projects shall not be less than an amount equal to twenty percent of the original project cost, subject to further reduction as provided in this subsection. (b) In addition, notwithstanding subsection 5, the division …
Sponsors
- Brent Siegrist (R, 19) · primary sponsor
- Josh Turek (D, 20)
- David Sieck (R, 16)
- Bobby Kaufmann (R, 82)
Latest actions
- : Withdrawn. H.J. 1219 .
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 1037 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 0. Excused, 3. H.J. 1051 .
- : Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 1051 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 04/03/2025 12:30PM House Lounge.
- : Subcommittee reassigned: Young, Bloomingdale and Jacoby. H.J. 852 .
- : Subcommittee: Siegrist, Bloomingdale and Jacoby. H.J. 719 .
- : Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 440 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 1051 . (April 23, 2025): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: income, city government, urban renewal, Gary Smith, property taxes, public improvements
Common questions
- What is HF617?
- HF617 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act modifying public improvements relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
- What does HF617 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act modifying public improvements relating to housing and residential development in urban renewal areas, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
- What is the status of HF617?
- In committee as of April 28, 2025. Latest action: Withdrawn. H.J. 1219 . (May 14, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF617?
- Brent Siegrist (R, 19), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF617?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0617&ga=91
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