Big Solutions in Small Packages for Petersburg’s Housing Shortage
Petersburg has developed pre-approved plans for tiny homes to facilitate more housing, hopefully easing the burden of a tight housing market.
Tag: Housing
Commercial Conversions
With housing in short supply in Anchorage while office buildings stand empty, why not convert commercial space into homes? One successful conversion in the Spenard neighborhood illustrates why the obvious solution is rarely practical.
AVTEC Signs Teacher Housing Agreement with Lower Kuskokwim School District
AVTEC signed an agreement for construction trainees to build tiny houses for Lower Kuskokwim School District educators for the cost of materials and shipping.
Ch’bala Corners: Next Phase of Affordable Housing in Spenard
A year after it began, Phase II of Cook Inlet Housing Authority’s Ch’Bala Corners residential development is celebrating completion.
Supportive Housing for Homeless Elders Opens in Anchorage
Q’et’en Qenq’a “Elder’s House” is designed as permanent supportive housing for senior citizens in Anchorage who have nowhere else to live.
Rasmuson Foundation Resumes Grantmaking, Issues $5.75M for UA, Housing, and Cultural Projects
Rasmuson Foundation ended its grantmaking pause with $5.75 million in grant awards and news of expanded grantmaking programs.
$1.9M Federal Grant for The Kuskokwim Corporation Sawmill
The Kuskokwim Corporation’s nonprofit affiliate receives $1.9 million in US Commerce Department funds to develop a sawmill to produce local building materials.
Powder Reserve West
Housing is tight in Anchorage, so the village corporation Eklutna, Inc. is coming to the rescue with a major residential development in Eagle River.
Block 96 Flats Opens in Downtown Anchorage
Block 96 Flats opens as the first market-rate rental housing built in Downtown Anchorage in years, a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership.
Revitalizing Downtown as the Key to Reinvigorating All of Anchorage
With $750 million in commercial investments, Downtown Anchorage is poised to drive further improvements in livability citywide.