Well need to watch for some morning thunderstorm s over extreme northeast iowa and southwest wisconsin through the Early Morning hours. While not severe, some heavy rainfall is likely and may lead to localized flash flood concerns. Highs will be tricky today and solely depends on the extent of sunshine, but low 80s northeast and upper 80s southwest should be a good compromise at this time. Later tonight into tonight, areas of thunderstorms should blossom again, especially towards northwest iowa. This activity should sink south into the area overnight carrying a heavy rain risk with it. Dry weather is still on track for friday and saturday. Toda y rtly cloudy and m, with a chanc inly north. Wind s 515. Hig 87 tonight chancof storms. Nd s 515. High83 tom. Thanks kaj. The city council in iowa and housing groups say theyre trying to create more Affordable Housing. Together, they have laid out several potential solutions to keep up with growing demand. Last night, Council Members to a Milli
Thousand you are struggling in our market to find housing iowa city says it needs more Affordable Housing. So tonight, the city and housing groups laid out several potential solutions to keep up with growing demand. Kcrgtv9s jordee kalk joins me in studio tonight. Jordee, why is the need for Affordable Housing increasing . I spoke to the chair of the she tells me cost of rentals is continuing to go up, while incomes are not. The coalition also says College Students are creating stiff competition for rental housing. 7 01 27, so Affordable Housing developers, whether they are for profit or non profit find it hard to compete in the market. Sally scott says too often Affordable Housing developers cant compete for the price of land in iowa city. Thats why she was glad to learn the city council is taking some initiative. 7 02 59, the ones that make land affordable for Affordable Housing are high priority for us. City leaders debated creating anywhere from a 500,000 to a Million Dollar fund t