Local code and utility tariffs are tools Alaska can use to fix the housing shortage
Alaska is facing a housing shortage despite stagnant population growth. Experts suggest that utilizing local codes and utility tariffs could help address the issue.
Alaska has roughly the population it had in 2013. What little growth the state has seen in the past three years came from residents over 65, while the working-age population shrank. A state that is not growing should not have a housing shortage. It has one anyway. Rental vacancy in March was 4.9% in Anchorage, […]
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