Mayor LaFrance lays out policy measures to push Anchorage toward building ‘10,000 Homes in Ten Years’

SE Steele: Carrs in Fairview didn't close overnight. Crime, theft, and daily chaos pushed it out

By SE STEELE Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and her allies on the Anchorage Assembly are suddenly heartbroken over the closure of Carrs in Fairview. The store’s shutdown has prompted a wave of public statements lamenting the loss and emphasizing its historical significance. Mayor LaFrance even claimed, “Fairview gave this business its start, supporting their growth and success […] The post SE Steele: Carrs in Fairview didn’t close overnight. Crime, thef…

Mayor LaFrance lays out policy measures to push Anchorage toward building ‘10,000 Homes in Ten Years’

The mayor’s office has a number of financing, permitting and regulatory reforms it believes will grow residential housing stock to deal with an ongoing affordability crisis.

We talked to candidates from different parties to better understand some of the issues that were forgotten, yet important in the campaign. In each capsule, a theme will be addressed: housing crisis, climate, immigration, Palestine and indigenous communities. Today, the parties were asked about the housing crisis. The post Elections and housing crisis: the candidates responded appeared first on Pivot.

Mayor, housing coordinator, advocate push federal candidates on housing

Nate Erskine-Smith stopped in at Bar Gondola on Hurontario St. on April 9 to talk housing with Collingwood mayor, housing coordinator and advocates