Iowa City Housing Inspector Retires After 42 Years
Doug Boothroy, longtime head of Housing Inspection Services, retires after 42 years with the city. He helped shape affordable housing policy, including inclusionary zoning and a two year rental inspection cycle, noting university growth and vacancy rates as key factors.
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Soap Creek flood structures cited as affordable model for state
Wapello County officials tour the Soap Creek Watershed noting 132 structures built to control floods. The system replaces bridges with earth and a low cost tube, enabling repairs after flooding and saving river-area infrastructure. University of Iowa scientists endorse the approach with data from a Des Moines River simulation.
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