The city has acknowledged housing as a top priority in its comprehensive plan.
Housing
The Ironman race is coming to Juneau, and the city asked residents to house athletes
With only around 1,000 hotel rooms, the city proposed a creative solution: Incentivizing Juneau residents to go on vacation and rent their homes to athletes for a week.
Juneau reentry program is helping justice-involved people get housing
Housing is one of the biggest challenges for people who were involved in the justice system. Case manager Nathan Block says solving that takes effort not just from those people, but from the community, too.
A Sitka high rise apartment’s lone elevator has been out of service for more than a year
Tenants are frustrated with the situation, but it’s not necessarily illegal for a multi-story apartment complex to go without a working elevator.
Resurrection Lutheran Church finishes first winter as Juneau’s cold weather shelter
Pastor Karen Perkins said the shelter was near capacity almost every day. “We were scrambling to find cots.”
Some say Airbnbs are worsening Juneau’s housing crunch
A growing number of short-term rentals could be making it more challenging for people looking for a place to live in Juneau.
Millions of Americans are resorting to risky ways to buy an affordable home
Alternative financing deals may be the only option for some, but those arrangements pose risks to families with the least to lose.
In Anchorage’s tight housing market, some families see no clear road out of homelessness
Families experiencing homelessness in Anchorage are waiting a long time for homes — sometimes up to a year. The problem is available housing, not funding.
It’s getting even harder to find a house in Anchorage. A local economist shares her struggle.
Anchorage’s housing market has become frustratingly competitive for many home buyers, who are finding themselves locked in bidding wars over a smaller and smaller pool of homes.
Alaska avalanche expert says more should be done to avoid putting homes in slide paths
Municipal officials described the Eagle River slide as a 100-year event, but one longtime avalanche researcher says the risk of another like it is probably greater.