Housing — calling someplace home — is the foundation of a thriving community.
Anchorage ’s housing shortage is an everyone problem, and the Anchorage Assembly is committed to data-driven results. Last week, we convened community members, municipal employees, housing advocates, subject matter experts, builders, policymakers, developers, and business leaders for a solution-focused Housing Action Summit, which was the culmination ofand invited feedback but, more importantly, buy-in and support.
As the legislative branch of our local government, we and our colleagues represent every neighborhood in the Municipality of Anchorage, from the Knik Bridge to the Portage Valley. The Assembly has a limited but powerful toolbox for implementing strategies. The Assembly sets policy, including code changes, resolutions, and policy direction: we have some power to remove the barriers the Municipality has control or influence over.
Our Housing Action Strategic Plan defines our vision: “The Municipality of Anchorage has affordable, abundant, and diverse housing opportunities that ensure that everyone who wants to live here can find a place to live that fits their needs and preferences.”2. Diversify the housing market: housing types, sizes, price points, locations and ownership models.4. Reduce housing cost burdens and ensure safe, affordable, permanent housing for all residents.
We offer you three ways to be engaged. First, take a walk! Look around your neighborhood, observe the different housing types, and any nearby vacant lots, and why they look that way. Do you love your neighborhood? Is there room for new neighbors to also love it? Next, start conversations about housing with friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors, and learn their housing stories. Finally, tell local, state and federal policymakers about what you want Anchorage to be.
The Assembly will revise, approve and keep working on our strategic plan, which will involve some tough choices to truly achieve our vision. We can’t do it alone! We need the community’s commitment to these solutions. We want Anchorage to be a place where people can thrive, but we can’t have that if everyone can’t afford to live here. We are thrilled to have our friends and neighbors alongside us as we work towards solutions to make a space for everyone who wants to call Anchorage home.
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