Articles Tagged: Johnson County

Johnson County plans to give out $230,000 in Social Services Emergency Food and Housing grants next month.

Also in this week’s roundup of local government notes, the Iowa City school district will replace an Iowa City High turf soccer field and football practice field with turf.

In March 2024, a report revealed that more than half of Latino immigrants were chronically homeless in Johnson County. Since then, living conditions and affordability have deteriorated further for Latino immigrants as families’ providers are arrested.

A study of housing needs outside Johnson County’s metro area recommends expansion of water infrastructure and removing barriers to development, and identifies the need for nearly 1,000 more housing units, according to a report presented to the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, Cedar Rapids Council finalizes rezoning of former Garfield Elementary site

More than a year after he was fired from his post as executive director to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, Guillermo Morales has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in the U.S. District Court.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is considering adopting a one-year moratorium on approval of rezoning applications, site plans and building permits for data centers in unincorporated Johnson County.

Polls across Iowa will be open until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, North Liberty elected officials get first pay raise in nearly 20 years.

A prosecutor found an Iowa City woman was justified in using deadly force against her former live-in boyfriend after he forced is way into her home in June.

Johnson County is continuing to explore ways to address affordable housing needs with a new proposal that would use $2 million of reserve funds to provide loans for affordable housing projects.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is continuing to ask for an in-person public meeting with Utah-based Havenpark Communities, owner of mobile home parks across the county, as residents push for a two-year moratorium on rent increases due to concerns over park conditions.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Iowa City school board on Tuesday will discuss the district’s ‘continuum of services’

Utah-based Havenpark Communities, owner of mobile home parks across Johnson County, has agreed to an in-person meeting with the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, although it has requested that the meeting be private.

Immigrant workers make up roughly 7.4 percent of the state’s workforce. Now, some might be at risk.