Housing Fund for Linn County offering loans for housing initiatives

The board of directors of the Housing Fund for Linn County is making up to $100,000 available in loans to for-profit or nonprofit developers and businesses, and to governmental entities, for housing initiatives that benefit households with income below 80% of the area median income in Linn County.

Eligible activities include development or rehabilitation of rental and owner-occupied housing; homeownership and rental assistance; and financing for the preservation or development of transitional housing or homeless shelters.

Applications are available at ecicog.org/hfflc or by request from Tracey Achenbach, executive director, at housingfundlc@ecicog.org or (319) 289-0072. Applications are due at the East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) office no later than 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29.