Housing

Juneau’s housing market is difficult for everyone, including senior citizens. A Seattle-based company hopes it’ll be the solution to a historical problem.

The City of Bethel has gotten an extension on it’s regional general permit from the Army Corps of Engineers that will allow the city to review permits for citizens building in a wetland, a designation which encompasses much of Bethel.

The Kodiak Island Borough has the highest rent in the state. That’s according to a publication from the Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development.

Homeless shelters are being filled beyond capacity as more people get pushed out of homeless camps towards social services.

A federal agency wants to create a committee to bridge the gap between federal housing programs and Native communities.

Unalaska’s City Council wants to look into expanding tax breaks to encourage renovations that create new housing.

Finding homeless students is a challenge, as are resources and red tape. The new federal education law includes new mandates and some extra money to assist districts in helping more students.

With ruined credit ratings atop financial loss, two ex-homeowners tell their story in the mortgage meltdown aftermath. They’re wary of jumping back into the market, even if that likelihood is far off.

Skagway business owners are more optimistic about the economy than their peers in Southeast Alaska. But they’re less enthusiastic about the benefits of living in their community and housing costs are a more severe obstacle.

More than 100 people crowded into a warehouse in Juneau to celebrate the groundbreaking of a House First facility designed to get the area’s most vulnerable homeless off the streets.