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While short-term rentals have doubled in Sitka, it’s still not clear how much that increase has affected the long-term rental market.

It’s a seller’s market; homes are going fast and at high prices.

With such high rental rates, saving to buy a house can feel like an impossible dream for many young Sitkans. But thanks to a new affordable housing development, a single mom and her kids will be moving into a brand new home of their own later this summer.

St. Vincent de Paul Society has a contract with the city to operate the emergency shelter at the JACC until April.

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.

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.