Cedar Rapids plans to push new home building in flooded neighborhoods

Vacant lots, now city-owned, that once housed flood-damaged houses are being readied for the construction of new homes.

City officials now report that the city's buyout program has acquired 82 properties that it is including in the Single-Family New Construction Program, a program that uses federal disaster funds to help build new homes with attractive incentives to both builder and buyer.

In total, this third round of the program's new-home construction expects to support the building of more than 200 new residential units in the flood-impacted neighborhoods of the city outside the 100-year flood plain and outside the area set aside for the construction of the city's new flood-protection system.

The City Council will get an update on the home-building program on Tuesday.

Builders and developers have signed up for particular lots, and an evaluation team comprised of city staff members, members of the city's Neighborhood Planning Process Steering Committee and representatives of the Home Builders Association have reviewed proposals. The reviews look at the builders' financial capacity, experience, marketing plan, design plans and green building practices.

Two earlier rounds of the Single-Family New Construction Program, which is designed to replace homes lost in the 2008 flood, resulted in the construction of new residential units on the periphery of the city. Last November, the City Council said it wanted the next round of building to take place in the flood-impacted neighborhoods outside the so-called “construction zone.”

Of 81 lots listed by the city for new-home construction in the city's flood-impacted neighborhoods, 41 are in northwest Cedar Rapids; 36 in southwest Cedar Rapids; three in southeast Cedar Rapids; and one in northeast Cedar Rapids.

The city's list of addresses are these:

• 1003 8TH ST NW
• 1920 HAMILTON ST SW
• 1006 8TH ST NW
• 2142 C ST SW
• 1007 10TH ST NW
• 301 8TH ST SW
• 1008 8TH ST SE
• 305 8TH ST SW
• 1014 10TH ST NW
• 312 4TH ST NW
• 1016 8TH ST NW
• 313 9TH ST NW
• 1021 8TH ST NW
• 320 7TH ST SW
• 1027 10TH ST NW
• 415 F AVE NW
• 1027 8TH ST NW
• 416 8TH AVE SW
• 1030 10TH ST NW
• 512 F AVE NW
• 1030 8TH ST NW
• 522 9TH ST SW
• 1034 8TH ST NW
• 528 9TH ST SW
• 1106 9TH ST NW
• 601 H AVE NW
• 1107 7TH ST SE
• 609 3RD AVE SW
• 1118 7TH ST SE
• 610 A AVE NW
• 1122 I AVE NW
• 615 H AVE NW
• 1202 L ST SW
• 619 H AVE NW
• 1207 9TH ST NW
• 626 A AVE NW
• 1210 N ST SW
• 706 G AVE NW
• 1233 10TH ST NW
• 710 7TH ST SW
• 1235 N ST SW
• 713 F AVE NW
• 1306 9TH ST NW
• 714 H AVE NW
• 1308 8TH ST NW
• 718 2ND AVE SW
• 1309 3RD ST SW
• 724 F AVE NW
• 1314 1ST ST SW
• 725 G AVE NW
• 1406 N ST SW
• 805 3RD AVE SW
• 1428 2ND ST SW
• 805 E AVE NW
• 1506 L ST SW
• 807 5TH AVE SW
• 1518 8TH ST NW
• 815 8TH ST NW
• 1632 8TH ST NW
• 816 8TH ST NW
• 1645 9TH ST NW
• 818 3RD AVE SW
• 1670 9TH ST NW
• 818 8TH ST NW
• 1702 2ND ST SW
• 819 2ND AVE SW
• 1712 HAMILTON ST SW
• 822 12TH ST NE
• 1777 MALLORY ST SW
• 824 F AVE NW
• 1809 MALLORY ST SW
• 829 C AVE NW
• 1814 C ST SW
• 846 3RD AVE SW
• 1820 C ST SW
• 917 9TH ST SW
• 1902 C ST SW
• 925 4TH ST SW
• 1906 C ST SW
• 929 4TH ST SW
• 952 N ST SW