New Permanent Replacement Housing

The City of Cedar Rapids will need a number of new homes coming on line ASAP to provide housing for the people who lost their homes in the flood. The City will move aggressively to help provide temporary housing.

The City can also facilitate and accelerate the development and construction of new housing to replace the lost housing. The City could facilitate a meeting with developers and builders to discuss the following:

1. Determine the type, price, and location of new housing

2. Determine how fast the new housing can be brought on line
This Year ?
Next Year ?

3. Determine how many vacant lots are available now.

4. Determine possible assistance from the State, County, City, and Banks

5. Examine feasibility of moving homes from flood area to areas out of the flood zone

6. Discuss use of TIF & Tax Incentives to support quick housing development

7. Next steps ?

Use the page below to recon aerial photos:

http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk

Use the Cedar Rapids GIS for more detailed work:

http://www.cedar-rapids.org/assessor/pmc/