Iowa sends few FEMA loan applications

Kelli Shaffner - The Daily Iowan Although the summer flood affected homeowners, renters, and businesses in nearly 85 percent of Iowa's counties, residents are showing little interest in support loans from Federal Emergency Management Agency. As of last week, only 11 percent of the 24,725 loan applications sent to homeowners and renters across Iowa were returned and accepted, FEMA spokesman Vince Clark said. Of... [read full story]