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Murkowski Succeeds in Continuing Federal Loan Policy for Homes with Cisterns
WASHINGTON, DC - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senator Lisa Murkowski was glad to receive word today from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program that they will take Murkowski’s suggestion to provide a waiver to Alas...
AHFC Makes $7.6 Million Available to Builders to Help Ease Housing Crunch in Juneau
Anchorage, AK - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) will make $7.6 million in federal grant funds and federal low-income housing tax credits available in 2013 to spur construction and operation of new renta...
Alaska Innovates First Program To Subsidize Housing For Victims Of Violence
November 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The need for safe housing for women and children in Alaska who have suffered from domestic violence has sparked a first in the nation program to help meet the demand. The Empowering Choice Housing program was cre...
7 Days Notice: Last Call for Anchorage Families Seeking Rental Assistance
ANCHORAGE, AK - October 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s (AHFC) Housing Choice Voucher program is accepting applications for seven remaining days. The program is open to individuals and families in need of rental as...
Notice of Lottery List Opening for Anchorage Housing Assistance
ANCHORAGE, AK - October 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s (AHFC) Public Housing Division opened its Housing Choice Voucher program today to individuals and families in need of housing in Anchorage. Participants in the...
Lottery to offer Anchorage Housing Assistance nears opening at Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Public...
ANCHORAGE, AK - September 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s (AHFC) Public Housing Division is improving and opening its Housing Choice Voucher program. From Oct. 1-31, 2012, AHFC will open its Anchorage voucher progr...
Newly Promoted AHFC Director of Public Housing Safeguards Residents During Storm
ANCHORAGE, AK - September 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Catherine Stone, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s (AHFC) former director of housing operations, was only just recently promoted to director of public housing but her knowledge of expertise w...
Roppel Continues as AHFC Board Chair
ANCHORAGE, - August 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) board of directors re-elected Frank Roppel of Wrangell to serve as the board chair at its annual board meeting in Wrangell July 25. Governor Frank Murkowski app...
AHFC Launches Facebook Contest for Pet Lovers
ANCHORAGE, AK - July 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) launched a Facebook contest to encourage Alaskans to upload photos of their pet from today through July 24th. After July 24th, participants will be asked to v...
Begich Introduces Rural Teacher Housing Bill
June 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the high cost and shortage of housing in rural Alaska along with the impact it has on recruiting and retaining professionals in several critical fields, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich has introduced the Rural Educator an...
AHFC Seeks to Revamp the Preference System for Housing Choice Voucher Program
ANCHORAGE, AK - March 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) is seeking public comments regarding its current system that awards points for preferences to individuals who are on waiting lists to receive housing assista...
Senators Seek Responses to Reports of Freddie Mac Taking Financial Interests Against Homeowners
WASHINGTON, DC - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mark Begich (D-AK), and eight Senate colleagues wrote the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency today, requesting responses to recent reports th...
Fitch, Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s Give Alaska Housing Top Ratings
ANCHORAGE, AK - December 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Despite the economic recession that continues to plague the housing industry nationwide, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) again received AAA ratings - the highest possible - for bonds...
AHFC Announces Funding for Statewide Rental Unit GOAL Grants
ANCHORAGE, AK - December 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) yesterday announced its annual Greater Opportunities for Affordable Living (GOAL) grants that will be awarded to five communities statewide for developing...
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Celebrates 40th Anniversary
ANCHORAGE, AK - December 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The state's official housing authority, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, marking a four-decade evolution built on a mission that includes pr...
Housing Funds Awarded to Villages to Help Improve Retention of Professionals
ANCHORAGE, AK - December 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) announced its intent to award $7.5 million to 10 villages statewide as part of its 2012 efforts to help rural communities re...
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Launches Public Housing Subsidiary
ANCHORAGE, AK - November 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) this week announced the formation of a subsidiary to positively impact additional development of public housing that will be known as the Corporation for A...
Homeless Population Database Measures and Tracks Trends and Indicators
ANCHORAGE, AK - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Of the 6,460 homeless people counted statewide by all the service providers this year, more than half lived in Anchorage, 11 percent have chronic substance abuse issues, and six percent are veteran...
New funding helps AHFC to expand HOME Opportunity Program (HOP)
ANCHORAGE, AK - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) awarded $1.7 million in additional funding to two non-profit intermediary agencies to administer the HOME Opportunity Program (HOP). HOP provides principal...
AHFC Ranked Most Efficient Public Housing Agency in the Nation
ANCHORAGE, AK - October 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) had the most efficient public housing program in the country during 2010. This according to a report recently published by the Center on Budget and Policy P...
Roppel Returns As AHFC Board Chair
ANCHORAGE, AK - August 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) board of directors, at its annual meeting, this year held in Cordova, re-elected Frank Roppel of Wrangell to serve as the board chair. Governor Murkowski...
AHFC Increases Loan Limits and Streamlines Second Mortgage Programs for Alaskans
ANCHORAGE, AK - June 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaskans now have streamlined options for a second mortgage for home improvements. Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's (AHFC) board of directors has approved the consolidation of various second mor...
AHFC to Close Anchorage Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
ANCHORAGE, AK - May 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) will close the Anchorage Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list, effective June 1, 2011. AHFC will continue to accept applications in person or by mail i...
HUD Secretary Donovan Announces New Grants for Two Homeless Programs in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, AK - April 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $59,632 to two new homeless programs in Alaska.
HUD Awards More Than $900,000 to Provide Housing for People with AIDS/HIV in Alaska
Anchorage, AK - April 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $915,440 to renew support for a statewide HIV-AIDS housing program administered by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.
The t...
RurAL CAP Assumes Responsibilities for Anchorage Weatherization Program
ANCHORAGE, AK - April 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Effective today, the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP) will assume administration of Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's weatherization program in Anchorage. The Municipality...
AHFC and Best Beginnings to Kick Off Dolly Parton Imagination Library Partnership
ANCHORAGE, AK - March 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- What: Kickoff of AHFC's partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library; parents will sign up children to receive a free book monthly until their sixth birthday. Children will receive their fir...
Begich, Klobuchar, Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Bill to Fight Homelessness Among America’s Veterans
Washington, D.C. - February 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Scott Brown (R-MA), Mark Begich (D-AK), James Inhofe (R-OK), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Robert Casey (D-PA), and John Cornyn (R-TX) have introduced bipartisan leg...
NANA First Private Employer to Fund RurAL CAP’s Energy Wise in Alaska NANA Region...
Anchorage, AK - February 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to the energy crisis in northwest Alaska, NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.'s (NANA) board of directors approved NANA's participation in an exciting new partnership with the Rural Alas...
HUD Awards $3.4 Million To Assist 22 Homeless Programs In Alaska Part Of Administration...
ANCHORAGE, AK - January 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded nearly $3,420,701 in Continuum of Care renewal grants to support 22 local homeless providers across Alaska in the c...
