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Across Alaska’s Southeast communities, many families have been impacted by recent tragedies. For Juneau and Ketchikan residents impacted by flooding and the Ketchikan landslide, assistance is available through the State of Alaska.
On September 4, 2024, the Alaska Corporation for Affordable Housing celebrated the completion of Borealis Park in Fairbanks with an open house and ribbon cutting. A subsidiary of AHFC, ACAH has now built 58 units of affordable housing benefitting Fairbanks residents.
In 2011, the state of Alaska passed legislation allowing AHFC to establish a subsidiary to further the mission of providing Alaskans access to safe, quality, affordable housing through the acquisition, development, management, or operation of affordable housing. Since then, ACAH has helped develop more than 200 units of affordable housing throughout the state.
A lot of things can happen throughout the span of 20 years. In the case of Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, the agency’s investment in safe, quality, affordable housing serving educators, public safety officers, and healthcare professionals in rural Alaska has had big impacts on communities statewide.
Delivering on AHFC's mission includes gathering and evaluating market data that sheds light on current housing challenges facing Alaskans. Data gathered in a recent survey shows that rental and homeownership costs have continued to increase in Alaska since 2018.
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For Skyleen “Sky” Bottani, serving Southeast Alaska as a mortgage loan originator at First Bank in Sitka has allowed her to combine her interest in real estate with her passion for helping her community.
When a family friend told Geneva there was a job opening in AHFC’s Public Housing Department in Juneau, it seemed like a great fit. The family friend was right. Geneva applied that morning, interviewed three hours later and soon after began a new role with Alaska Housing. Today, Geneva is an Asset Technician, serving as a property manager for two public housing locations: Cedar Park and perhaps fittingly, Geneva Woods.
Twins and property managers Morgan and Mallory Musgrove share many of the same passions, including a passion for helping Alaskans transform their lives through housing.
From AHFC’s department of Research and Rural Development, here are a few simple steps you can take to save money and increase the comfort and safety of your home this winter.
For Richard, a referral to AHFC's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program through the VA office meant safety, increased freedom and the ability to create his own comfortable home.