"Alaska Housing Finance Corporation"

Juneau will become the third city in Alaska to offer permanent supportive housing to the high-risk, chronically homeless.

Alaska Housing Finance Corp. offers a variety of loan and rebate programs aimed at upgrading the state’s aging housing stock.

An architect hired by Alaska Housing Finance Corp. estimates it would cost more than $1.2 million to tear down the Gastineau Apartments.

If the city seizes the vacant apartments, it would look to convert them into affordable housing.

General manager Dan Austin has been working on the project for 10 years. He hopes to break ground next summer

Juneau is getting closer to becoming the third community in Alaska with a Housing First project to provide the chronically homeless with housing.

In 2010, the legislature established a loan program to help bring down costs, but schools haven’t used the funds as a fix.

A new 40-unit housing development is planned for Juneau. Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has just awarded funds to the joint venture of Volunteers of America, developers Trapline LLC and V2 LLC to construct and manage the project on Vista Drive on Douglas Island. The total cost of the apartment project is slightly over $10 million.…