Juneauites are weighing in on the future of downtown this month through a series of walking tours. The second tour was supposed to cover vehicles, parking and pedestrians, but the conversation shifted to homelessness.
Housing
Adding insulation to the outside of your home? Watch out for mold.
“Every summer driving through Fairbanks, I will see somebody adding this kind of retrofit to their home,” said research engineer Robbin Garber-Slaght.
Video: Meet the people building Alaska’s next generation housing
“The future will be different and we don’t know how.” Meet the people who are building Alaska’s next generation housing.
Could tiny homes be a big solution for coastal Alaska’s housing crisis?
Coastal Villages Region Fund is trying to provide a new model for coastal Alaska communities, where housing is no tiny issue.
State asks for new housing units to help Alaskans in recovery
Alaska has seen a dramatic rise in opioid abuse over the last several years, with over 100 fatal overdoses attributed to opioids last year.
Alaska Municipal League panel spotlights statewide housing shortages, homelessness
The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation is working with statewide partners to hire a rural homelessness coordinator.
Seasonal cold weather emergency shelter begins operations Thursday
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.
Assembly grants $1.8 million to Phase II of Housing First
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.
Alaska Native organizations receive federal grant for safe and healthy housing
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.
Officials discuss overcrowded housing in rural Alaska
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.