# Iowa Code § 403A.8: Dwellings for disaster victims and defense workers

> Iowa · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.8

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 403A.8
- **Heading:** Dwellings for disaster victims and defense workers
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 403A / Section 403A.8

## Text

Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other chapter relating to rentals of, preferences or eligibility for admission to, or occupancy of dwellings in housing projects, during the period when a municipality determines that there is an acute need in its area of operation for housing to assure the availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities or for victims of a major disaster, a municipality may undertake the development and administration of housing projects for the federal government, and dwellings in any housing project under the jurisdiction of the municipality may be made available to persons engaged in national defense activities or to victims of a major disaster, as the case may be. A municipality is authorized to contract with the federal government or the state or a state public body for advance payment or reimbursement for the furnishing of housing to victims of a major disaster, including the furnishing of the housing free of charge to needy disaster victims during any period covered by a determination of acute need by the municipality as herein provided.

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §403A.8]

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 403A.1 Short title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.3 Powers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.4 Aid from federal government.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.5 Exercise of municipal housing powers municipal housing agency.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.6 Operation of housing not for profit.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.7 Housing rentals and tenant admissions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.8 Dwellings for disaster victims and defense workers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.9 Cooperation between municipalities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.10 Tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.11 Planning, zoning, and building laws — insulation requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.12 Bonds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.12.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.13 Form and sale of bonds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.13.md)
- [Iowa Code § 403A.14 Provisions of bonds, trust indentures, and mortgages.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C403A_S403A.14.md)

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