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State Data Overview
Across Alaska, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income (ELI) households, whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income. Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Alaska
Key Facts
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17,194 OR 19%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-11,192
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$37,410
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$63,632
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 68 hours per week or 1.7 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 87 hours per week or 2.2 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Aleutians West Census Area $42.13 Kodiak Island Borough $39.90 Bethel Census Area $37.27 Northwest Arctic Borough $37.12 Juneau City and Borough $33.81 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $20.02 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $19.64 Retail Salespersons $18.43 Fast Food and Counter Workers $16.45 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Zeneyah Roaché
State PartnersAlaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness
319 Seward Street, Suite 7
Juneau, AK 99801
P 907-523-0660
www.alaskahousing-homeless.org
Brian Wilson, Executive Director
[email protected]Association of Alaska Housing Authorities
https://www.aahaak.org/Griffin Hagle-Forster, Executive Director
[email protected]Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved.
Alaska subgrants a portion of the state’s HTF allocation to the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA). The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), as the state designated entity, allocates the remainder to projects in areas outside of Anchorage. In FY16, MOA received $545,085; AHFC indicates its intent to subgrant $545,085 to Anchorage in FY17. As a subgrantee, Anchorage must have its own local HTF Allocation Plan.
Current Year HTF Allocation$2,982,433
HTF State Resources2024
Draft Annual Action Plan (with NHTF Allocation Plan) (PDF)
2023
GOAL Qualified Allocation Plan (PDF)
2023 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2022
2022 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2021
Nothing available
2020
2020 Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2019
Final Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2018
Final Annual Action Plan (PDF)Draft Annual Action Plan (PDF)
Alaska Final Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2017
Program Overview (PDF)
Application Draft (PDF)
Draft Annual Action Plan (PDF)
SFY17 Goal NOFA and Instructions (PDF)
Goal rating and award criteria (PDF)
Amendment to 2017 HTF Allocation Plan allowing MOA to use HTF for rehab (PDF)
Draft Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2016
Consolidated Plan amended to include HTF (PDF)
Alaska’s HTF resources are to be allocated through the state’s Greater Opportunities for Affordable Living (GOAL) program. More information about GOAL can be found at: http://bit.ly/29449Pb
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation response to public comments (PDF)
Anchorage, AK Allocation Information:
2022
Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2021
Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2020
Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2018
2018 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2017
2017 MOA, HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2017 HTF Application (PDF)
Draft Annual Action Plan (PDF)
2016
2016 HTF Application (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Alaska Housing Finance CorporationOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationAndy Petroni
GOAL Program Manager
907-330-8275
800-478-2432
[email protected]Sarah Neuschwander
Development Program Lead
907-330-8417
800-478-2432
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
National Housing Trust Fund
GOALS (Greater Opportunity for Affordable Living)
Annual Action Plans (containing Annual NHTF Allocation Plans)Anchorage Subgrantee
City Staff Person Administering HTF
Lawrence Stokes
Senior Neighborhood Planner
Anchorage Health Department
Human Services Division
Community Safety and Development
907-343-4883
[email protected]Subgrantee Entity Webpage
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Alaska (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
See State Housing Profile (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Alaska and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Alaska and Nationwide
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