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Student-Loan Repayment Pause Helped Young Americans Become Homeowners

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surging the highest in Iowa, where 31% of young adults were homeowners in 2022. Effective policy responses can lessen the negative impacts of the student-debt crisis,” Eddie Nilaj, co-author of the report, told MarketWatch, “not just in relieving debt, but enabling home ownership and economic mobility, for example.”.

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NAHB Chairman's Letter: A Toolkit to Combat the Labor Shortage

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They need to understand that construction offers well-paying jobs and rewarding careers that are a viable alternative to a college degree and student debt. The PWB Council at the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, Iowa, created an activity book for elementary school children to give them a look at home building.

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NAHB Chairman's Letter: A Toolkit to Combat the Labor Shortage

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They need to understand that construction offers well-paying jobs and rewarding careers that are a viable alternative to a college degree and student debt. The PWB Council at the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, Iowa, created an activity book for elementary school children to give them a look at home building.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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IOWA STARTS WITH MEGA SITES. Iowa’s program is one of the newest out there and is still under development. The Iowa Economic Development Authority (EDA) is currently working with McCallum Sweeney to build the program. “We The University of Iowa Research Park located in the city of Coralville (Photo: The University of Iowa).

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High-Water Mark

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By the time the water receded, thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed in the worst natural disaster in Iowa’s history. In the wake of the 2008 flooding, officials in Iowa’s second-largest city initiated a $600-million flood-control project to eliminate the threat from the rising river once and for all.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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expanded into markets in Iowa, Alabama, and South Carolina, and became a shareholder of American Southern Homes after it acquired Grayhawk Homes in November 2019. . “If If the market did roll over, he might have to lay people off, but would not be stuck with land debt. Balance sheets are what make you go bankrupt,” he says.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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million loan participation program fostering business expansion and job creation in Arizona by providing debt financing for small businesses (in collaboration with private finance partners). Additionally, the company must demonstrate that it can service the debt. 97% increase in personal property tax exemption. TAX INCENTIVES.

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