Council to Adopt Final Assessment Roll for Natural Gas HSAD
After reviewing a stack of individual objections and listening to property owners testify during the second public hearing on the Homer Natural Gas Special Assessment District (HSAD), the Homer City Council made final adjustments to the preliminary roll and corrected any errors with the passage of Resolution
Sullivan Stresses Need for Export License for Alaska LNG Project with Dept. of Energy...
In an effort to seek rapid processing of the pending non-Free Trade Agreement export license application submitted by the Alaska LNG Project LCC in July 2014, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) recently wrote Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and held a follow up meeting in his office to stress the need for the Energy Department to move forward on this critical infrastructure project
AHFC receives $7.7 million to provide housing for low-income Alaskans with disabilities
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation will provide rental assistance and services for about 200 Alaskans with disabilities and extremely low income with a $7,722,343 federal grant
Governor Parnell Announces Appointments
Governor Sean Parnell today announced appointments to the Alaska Aerospace Corporation Board of Directors, Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, Alaska Community and Public Transportation Advisory Board, Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission, and the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission
Governor Parnell Announces Appointments
Governor Sean Parnell today announced appointments to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Directors, Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority, Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board, Board of Forestry, and Marine Transportation Advisory Board
Governor Parnell Makes Appointments to Boards
Governor Sean Parnell announced appointments to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Board of Trustees, Statewide Suicide Prevention Council, Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Alaska Council on the Homeless, Alaska Pioneers’ Homes Advisory Board, and State Vocational Rehabilitation Committee
Volunteers Complete Repairs to Flooded Homes in Hughes and Emmonak
were damaged by last year’s spring breakup flooding along the Yukon River. Last summer, the volunteers completed repairs to seven homes in Hughes. This July, a team of 11 volunteers, three of whom returned for a second season, finished construction on two homes in Emmonak
AHFC Supports 12,500 Homeless With $5.9 Million in Funding
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) is awarding more than $5.9 million in homeless assistance funds through its Basic Homeless Assistance Program.
Alaska Supreme Court Affirms MERS’ Authority to Assign Trust Deed
Reston, Virginia, - April 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that the Supreme Court of the State of Alaska affirmed the trial court’s decision validating MERS’ status as trust deed beneficiary and upholding the non-judicial foreclosure proceeding related to plaintiff’s property
AHFC Funds 179 New Affordable Housing Units For Low-Income and Senior Alaskans Federal and...
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) announces 2014 Greater Opportunities for Affordable Living (GOAL) grants and tax credits totaling $33.2 million.
Delegation Land Transfer Passes Congress, Benefitting Native Health Efforts
Today the Senate unanimously passed H.R. 623, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act. The bill directs the Indian Health Service to transfer a 2.79 acre parcel of federal land located in Anchorage to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
Governor Parnell Announces Board Appointments
Governor Sean Parnell today announced appointments to the board of directors of the Alaska Railroad Corporation, Real Estate Commission, Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission, Emerging Energy Technology Fund Advisory Committee, Denali Access System Advisory Committee, State Officers Compensation Commission, and Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council
Senate Approves Begich Bill to Help Homeless Veterans
Today the Senate approved legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and co-sponsored by Senator John Boozman (R-AR) to expand benefits to homeless veterans. The Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2013 closes a loophole in current law that prevents veterans who are homeless as the result of domestic violence from receiving certain benefits such as counseling and housing
AHFC Introduces Rent Reform In Public Housing To Meet Growing Community Needs
As one of only 39 housing finance agencies across the country recognized by the federal Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) as Moving to Work, AHFC is announcing the first major overhaul of how public housing is administered statewide
Rep. Young Votes to Move Water Infrastructure Reform Legislation Forward
Alaskan Congressman Don Young today voted in support of H.R. 3080, a bipartisan bill to ensure the viability of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works programs including navigation, flood risk management, recreation, and infrastructure and environmental restoration. The bill passed the House by a vote of 417 to 3.