Burt Housing

Homes in Burt can generally be purchased at a moderate price since it is a small community.  Property taxes are also generally lower as well.  Because of this, many people who work in nearby Algona chose to live in Burt.  It is just a short ten minute drive away.

There are many vacant lots available in Burt on which to build new homes.

Tax abatement was made available in 1997 to help entice people to build new homes or make improvements to their existing homes.  Tax exemptions are available to qualified properties who have made improvements which have resulted in the increase in actual value of the property by the established minimum percentage (10%).  The tax exemptions are only available on that portion of actual valuation which is added by an improvement which was made during the time of the designation of the revitalization area.  The exemption is as follows:

                    * All qualified real estate assessed as commercial or industrial shall receive an exemption from taxation on one hundred percent (100%) of the actual value added by the improvements for a period of three years.

                    * All qualified real estate assessed as residential shall receive an exemption from taxation on the first seventy-five thousand dollars of actual value added by the improvements for a period of five years.

The city of Burt applied for a housing rehabilitation grant in 2006. Plans are scheduled to rehabilitate 8 homes in Burt.

There are three apartment buildings in Burt.  One is close to the main street of town.  It has two apartments.  Owners, Leonard and Bonnie Swanson, can be contacted at 515-924-3617.  There is another complex on the east end of Walnut Street.  One apartment complex has six, one-bedroom apartments and the other 12-plex has both one and two bedroom apartments.  Owner Dennis Ackerman, can be contacted at 515-285-4574 or cell phone 515-360-1088.

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In August, 2001 the Burt City Council approved an Electric appliance rebate program to entice residents to replace appliances with electric ones and to replace existing electric appliances with newer more efficient appliances.

Electric Appliance Rebate Program - Effective August 6, 2001

The following rebates will be given for new electric appliances after proper installation and purchase documentation has been made:
                              Electric Heat                                                $   7.50/kw                                                       
                              Horizontal Axis washer                                $ 75.00                                                            
                              Electric Range                                              $ 25.00
                              Electric Water Heater                                  $   1.00 / gallon
                              Marathon Water Heater                              $   2.00 / gallon
                              Central Air Conditioner (seer 13 and up)    $185.00        
                              Commercial Air Conditioner                         $285.00 / ton