Final FY25 Adopted Budget

• Served 77 households through the Security Deposit Assistance program administered by CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank that serves tenants below 50% of the Area Median Income. • Allocated over $10 million in ARPA funds to-date including: o $3,000,000 to capital projects at Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County and Iowa City Free Medical Clinic. o $1,184,071 for direct payments to residents in partnership with Johnson County. o $1,137,710 for a Housing Stability Pilot with Shelter House for homelessness prevention including coordinated entry, housing stabilization services, and eviction prevention efforts. o $1,071,500 to 80 residents of Forest View Mobile Home Park for relocation assistance (each resident was eligible for $15,750). o $939,082 to CommUnity Crisis Services & Food Bank for Mobile Crisis Outreach expansion. o $750,000 for childcare wage enhancement in partnership with Johnson County and the Community Foundation. o $676,146 in utility replacement costs. o $485,000 for nonprofit operating funding serving 13 agencies. o $435,239 for the Qualified Pre-apprenticeship Program with the UI Labor Center. o $250,000 to ThinkIC for tourism recovery. o $100,000 to 4C’s Community Coordinated Child Care for workforce development. • Collected $2,038,439 in affordable housing fee-in-lieu funds from the Scannell Properties project at the corner of South Riverside Drive and Myrtle Avenue. • Provided ongoing monitoring for 93 units with affordable housing requirements in the Riverfront Crossings District. • Utilized Energov land use management software for housing inspections and shifted from sending notices of inspection and inspection reports by mail to email. • Continued systematic rental inspections in-person with additional COVID protocols in place, balancing concerns of tenants and property managers while continuing to perform necessary health and life-safety inspections. • Implemented radon requirements for all single family and duplex rental properties. All units that tested high for radon are expected to be mitigated by January 2024. • Worked with property owners and managers to implement radon testing requirements in single family detached and duplex rental properties to improve public health. • Hired a 1.0 FTE Public Housing Technician to assist with property management and administration of the city’s public housing units. • The Housing Choice Voucher Program is projected to pay approximately $9.15 million in Housing Assistance Payments to landlords/owners of rental properties in Johnson County in calendar year 2023. • Continued to administer 69 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) to assist persons who are chronically homeless and 78 Mainstream Vouchers for persons with disabling conditions.

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