With year-round shelters at capacity and no plans in place for a city-run campground, some people don’t know where they will stay this summer.
Housing
Many baby boomers own homes that are too big. Can they be enticed to sell them?
Baby boomer empty nesters own twice as many of the country’s three-bedroom-or-larger homes, compared with millennials with kids.
Lawmakers weigh whether to reduce or acknowledge rights of growing Alaska homeless population
As the state’s major cities scramble to house people, Gov. Dunleavy’s protest bill would further criminalize the homeless, advocates say.
Sitka’s housing crunch hits tribal citizens hardest, study says
The survey also found that tribal citizens are leaving Sitka at a higher rate than other residents.
You’ll need more than $100,000 in income to afford a typical home, studies show
Two recent studies suggest that prospective homeowners will have to earn more than $100,000 annually to afford a typical home in much of the U.S.
Juneau Assembly sticks with plan to relocate city-run homeless camp, despite pushback from business owners
The plan would move the campground to an area mostly populated by commercial businesses, next to the city’s indoor cold weather shelter.