housing & property

The federal government has temporarily banned some evictions through the end of December to help keep people in their homes as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

A University of Iowa student who was possibly exposed to COVID-19 says he’s had a disappointing experience in a quarantine dorm. Meanwhile, another student's account on her experience in an isolation room circulated around social media and received an apology from the university.

This program originally aired in September 2019.Satisfaction with your home can depend on its size compared to your neighbors' homes, according to new…

Evictions and foreclosures can resume Thursday in Iowa as Gov. Kim Reynolds allows the public health emergency moratorium on those actions to expire and…

On this edition of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe sits down with Bill McAnally to talk about the best strategies for preparing your home for the winter…

Construction is underway on a new federal courthouse in downtown Des Moines. Funding for the project was approved by Congress in 2016, and the…

Residents in five Polk County cities will vote Tuesday on whether to raise their local sales tax by a penny. Urbandale, Grimes, Johnston, Clive and…

A fire has heavily damaged a nearly-completed assisted living facility in northwest Iowa. The project aims to fill an assisted living shortage in the…

An additional one-cent sales tax will start showing up Monday on shoppers' receipts in Des Moines and several surrounding communities. Half of the revenue…

Some southwest Iowa communities have started the process of applying for voluntary federal buyouts to demolish flood-damaged homes.Officials in the city…