Johnson County offers $1.75 million for affordable housing

Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County
CREDIT HOUSING TRUST FUND OF JOHNSON COUNTY.

The Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County is offering $1,750,000 to support the development and/or rehabilitation of housing provided to income-qualified households below 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI). 

The funding is the most financial support that the Housing Trust Fund has made available at any one time in the 19-year history of the organization.

Eligible applicants include businesses, nonprofits, builders, developers and governmental agencies that are seeking funds for affordable owner-occupied, rental, transitional or emergency housing in Johnson County.

The Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County invested $2.5 million in the 2022 fiscal year, making 122 units of affordable housing possible within Johnson County through development and preservation.

Since its founding in 2004, the Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County has invested more than $13.7 million in creating and preserving housing that is affordable for 1,100 households with low incomes.

The application deadline is 11 a.m. Thursday, June 1. The application, AMI guidelines and more information is available online or by calling (319) 358-0212.