The deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was in Alaska recently. She said she visited communities to learn about housing challenges, including overcrowding and a lack of affordable homes.
Alaska faces unique housing challenges, as feds send millions of dollars to help, top HUD official saysHousing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman, left, during a visit to Napakiak in mid-August 2022.
But Todman wasn’t just here to talk money. Her trip was filled with meetings and tours in Anchorage, Wasilla and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta — including the villages of Napakiak and Oscarville — to learn about Alaska’s housing challenges and to see the work the department has been funding already.: So the Indian Housing Block Grant provides funds to the tribal councils in Alaska to build housing and to preserve the housing that they have.
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