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Nov 13 2018

Juneau's cold weather emergency shelter is in the old Alaska Department of Public Safety Building on Whittier Avenue, pictured here on Dec. 2, 2017, the day after the shelter first opened.

Seasonal cold weather emergency shelter begins operations Thursday

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Housing, Juneau, Public Safety

This is the second winter the City and Borough of Juneau will operate the shelter. The facility in the old state public safety building on Whittier Street sleeps up to 28 people and operates from 11 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. through April 15.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | November 13, 2018 6:20 pm

Sep 18 2018

The Housing First Project under construction on November 17, 2016. (Photo by David Purdy/KTOO)

Assembly grants $1.8 million to Phase II of Housing First

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Housing, Juneau, Local Government

The Assembly’s grant to the Juneau Housing First Collaborative brings them closer to expanding. The collaborative wants to more than double its capacity to provide permanent, supportive housing for the homeless.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | September 18, 2018 12:41 am

Sep 11 2018

Alaska Native organizations receive federal grant for safe and healthy housing

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Housing, Southeast

The Organized Village of Kake and the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority each received $1 million and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium won almost $870,000. They hope to use the money for home repairs, education and to deal with mold and mildew issues.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | September 11, 2018 4:01 pm

Aug 29 2018

Officials discuss overcrowded housing in rural Alaska

By Associated Press | Housing, Western

State officials heard from residents and groups on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea in a first of its kind meeting to address housing overcrowding and affordability in rural Alaska.

By Associated Press | August 29, 2018 12:50 am

Aug 23 2018

Glory Hole no more? Downtown homeless shelter changes name

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Community, Housing, Juneau

The shelter formerly known as The Glory Hole was named when it opened in the 1980s for an old mining term hearkening back to Juneau’s gold rush days.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | August 23, 2018 12:10 pm

Jul 31 2018

Juneau’s Housing First eyes expansion as researchers log major decline in residents’ service calls

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | Community, Housing, Juneau

Juneau’s Housing First wants to add a new wing with 45 new apartments. But backers say the plan rests with the Juneau Assembly, which is being asked for a $4.2 million commitment.

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | July 31, 2018 6:47 pm

Jul 20 2018

A small camp in the woods near the Chester Creek Trail (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage struggles to balance homeless camping problems

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Housing, Southcentral

Anchorage officials are pushing forward with a new plan to more quickly clear away unlawful camps in the city’s parks and greenbelt.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | July 20, 2018 11:32 am

Jul 17 2018

Terry Baker sits on her bed in an apartment recently stripped of wet carpet on July 12, 2018, at the Mendenhall Tower apartments in Juneau. Baker's apartment is near one that caught fire and damaged the building extensively.

Mendenhall Tower tenants pick up pieces after fire

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | Community, Housing, Juneau, Local Government, Public Safety

A fire that started on an unattended stovetop in Mendenhall Tower in downtown Juneau caused extensive water damage in the apartment complex. Some tenants say they’re concerned the building isn’t up to code and frustrated by the city’s enforcement efforts.

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | July 17, 2018 5:56 pm

Jul 16 2018

A Juneau Police Department officer stands in the burned third-floor bedroom where the fire that damaged the Dapcevich House began. (Photo courtesy of Ernestine Hayes)

Even with insurance, historic downtown home’s owners navigate long rebuilding process after fire

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Community, Housing, Juneau

Their insurance adjuster noted that homeowner Ernestine Hayes’ clan, the Kaagwaantaan, are known as the Burnt House People.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 16, 2018 7:57 pm

Jun 30 2018

Former Alaska state legislator Alyce Hanley poses outside the apartment she had built into the bottom floor of her home in Sand Lake on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Hanley, who is 84, wanted to live with her children but have her own living space. (Loren Holmes/ADN)

Alaska cities, facing housing crunch, encourage backyard cottages and apartment additions

By Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News | Economy, Housing

In recent years, cities like Juneau and Kodiak have opened up regulations to allow stand-alone backyard cottages up to about 1,000 square feet in single-family neighborhoods.

By Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News | June 30, 2018 4:40 pm

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Seasonal cold weather emergency shelter begins operations Thursday

Assembly grants $1.8 million to Phase II of Housing First

Alaska Native organizations receive federal grant for safe and healthy housing

Officials discuss overcrowded housing in rural Alaska

Glory Hole no more? Downtown homeless shelter changes name

Juneau’s Housing First eyes expansion as researchers log major decline in residents’ service calls

Anchorage struggles to balance homeless camping problems

Mendenhall Tower tenants pick up pieces after fire

Even with insurance, historic downtown home’s owners navigate long rebuilding process after fire

Alaska cities, facing housing crunch, encourage backyard cottages and apartment additions

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