It’s just one way the Assembly and city are trying to incentivize developers to build more housing in the borough.
Housing
Juneau Assembly OKs $3M loan for 60-unit apartment complex in Mendenhall Valley
The apartments are slated to be built across the street from the Mendenhall Mall and roughly a third of the units must meet affordability requirements laid out by the city.
Juneau Assembly OKs $1M loan to revive downtown Gross-Alaska Theatre for housing
Twenty of the apartments will be rented as affordable units as part of the loan requirements. The plan is to offer 16 one-bedroom and 6 two-bedroom apartments at the site.
Report: Southeast Alaska is projected to lose nearly a fifth of its population by 2050
According to a recent report by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, it’s due to a mixture of increased outmigration and deaths outnumbering births in the region.
Juneau group home for women in reentry and recovery reopens after demolition
T’áa Shuyee Hit Haven House is now accepting applications for up to nine residents.
Juneau’s latest attempt to allow for more housing? Changing zoning rules on city land.
The latest attempt is to entice more developers by rezoning city-owned land to allow for denser housing.