City and Borough of Juneau Housing Portal

Affordable Housing Projects

The development of affordable housing is a lengthy process that often involves collaboration among local non-profit organizations, developers, and the City and Borough of Juneau. Utilizing State and Federal funding for the development of affordable housing often makes most projects a multi-year effort from proposal to inception.

Here are the current affordable housing development projects taking place in the City and Borough of Juneau.

Housing First-Glory Hole-Polaris House Project
The Glory Hole has applied for an AHFC Pre-Development Loan as a precursor to an AHFC Special Needs Housing Grant application for the creation of a Single-Resident-Occupancy (SRO) building. Housing First will be the developer and Polaris House will offer support service once the units are complete.
(Updated September 1st, 2009)

Juneau Douglas High School ACE House-Building Academy
The Juneau School District and the City and Borough of Juneau have partnered to design and build an affordable home by students of the Ace House-Building Academy on the property at 3530 Greenwood Avenue. The project is expected to begin during the 2009-2010 school year.
(Updated September 1st, 2009)

Juneau Housing Trust - (Neighborhood Stabilization Act)
The Juneau Housing Trust, Inc. received $559,000 from the Neighborhood Stabilization Act, part of the Federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, to acquire and renovate foreclosed homes that offer affordable homeownership opportunities to families in the Juneau area. The Juneau Housing Trust plans to serve one family at 50 percent or below area median income, one family at 80 percent or below area median income, and one family at or below 120 percent area median income. The funds from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program were distributed by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.
(Updated September 1st, 2009)

Summit Housing Group, Inc. -- Vista Drive Apartments
Summit Housing Group, Inc. (SHG) is proposing the development of a 36 unit affordable rental housing project serving families in Juneau, Alaska. This project will contain 16 two bedroom, 19 three bedroom rental units and 1 three bedroom manager's unit located on an approximately 3 acre site within the city limits of Juneau. SHG is requesting funding from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and HOME Partnership Investment programs. All of the units in the proposed project will be restricted to occupancy by tenants whose income is at or below 50% of the area median income.
(Updated September 1st, 2009)

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