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The Iowa Legislature passed a bill that will require mobile home park owners to offer additional notice before rent and utility increases and lease terminations. But resident activists say it doesn't include the solutions they brought to legislators.
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A look at Iowa's connection to the wider trend of rent hikes in mobile home parks around the nation. And a festival that aims to raise money for Ukraine.
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A lead advocate for fair housing practices in Iowa’s mobile home parks says a bill aimed at protecting mobile home residents will not help them. The bill is awaiting the governor's signature after the Iowa Senate passed it Tuesday.
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Dicen los investigadores que incluso una pequeña cantidad de la toxina puede dañar el desarrollo de los niños. Un estudio realizado en el año 2021 encontró que los niños en Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska y Missouri tenían una de las tasas más altas de los niveles elevados de plomo en la sangre.
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President Joe Biden has announced the U.S. would accept up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine. Refugee resettlement organizations in Iowa are trying to prepare amid challenges.
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Longtime MSNBC commentator joins the show to discuss the country's political future. Then Midwest Newsroom editors discuss their work to chronicle abuses inflicted on wouldbe home buyers, and Iowa Legal Aid weighs in on what options these buyers have.
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A bill aimed at increasing protections for Iowa mobile home residents advanced Tuesday through a House committee, but advocates for mobile home resident protections say it doesn’t go far enough.
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The MICAH House women and families shelter in Council Bluffs is home to troop #64224, made up of girls without homes. The troop gives them connection, stability and much-needed fun.
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The contract for deed option is marketed as a way for people who can’t get a conventional mortgage to realize the dream of owning a home. But more often than not, buyers do not end up as homeowners. And, most Midwestern states provide little, if any, consumer protection to prevent abuse.
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Democratic 3rd District Rep. Cindy Axne is calling on the U-S Treasury Department to approve additional rental assistance funds to help Polk County residents who have been impacted by the pandemic.