My Turn: Pay Attention to Which Way the Juneau Assembly Votes on Telephone Hill

My Turn: Pay attention to which way the Juneau Assembly votes on Telephone Hill

Juneau Empire Juneau Empire - The Voice of Alaska's Capital Since 1912 In the last two years, housing prices and rents have risen dramatically, even for Juneau. The management of the Ridgeview Apartments project has become a symbol of why you cannot find affordable housing in Juneau. Before dipping into the Juneau Affordable Housing Fund (JAHF), the Assembly failed to consider one pertinent fact about a common construction industry practice: dev…

Families are looking for three-bedroom units, but where are they?

Major changes to Canberra's planning system aim to address affordable housing, focusing on unit bedroom availability for families.

Would more funds for this ‘integral’ lending program help Utahns find affordable housing?

Note to readers: As a community-funded paper, The Salt Lake Tribune has chronicled Utah’s housing crisis for years, but also looks to find solutions. In this series of stories, “Building Options,” we’ll look to outline the issue and why it matters, but also how state programs are showing signs of chipping away at the affordability crisis.

Face the Facts: Legislators look to combat affordable housing crisis

With soaring prices and shrinking inventory, finding a place to live in Connecticut has become more and more difficult in recent years and for a long time, Connecticut lawmakers have struggled to address the housing crisis in our state. By some estimates, our state needs 90,000 or so housing units across the whole state. Rep. Tony Scott (R-Monroe), Ranking Member...

VLR to help tackle housing crisis: Yabaki

The Ministry of Housing says growing demand for housing, limited land availability, and the rise in informal settlements are driving Fiji’s current housing affordability crisis. Speaking at the launch of Suva City Council’s first Voluntary Local Review last week, Principal Policy Officer Alitiana Yabaki says the Ministry is committed to establishing an effective system that […]

Hone in on housing

As the widespread housing crisis continues both state and local leaders are trying to create solutions. The Malinauskas Government has […] Subscribe or Login to see the rest of the content.