Our Mission:
Build political will to solve Alaska’s housing shortage.
Our Strategy:
It takes a combination of tools to build a house, and it’ll take a combination of policies to solve the housing shortage.
The National Housing Crisis Task Force — co-chaired by Utah Governor Spencer Cox and the mayors of Atlanta and Cleveland — identifies five interdependent segments of effective housing strategy: land, capital, construction, regulation, and governance. Implementing at least one tool from each segment simultaneously creates catalytic impact. Tools from any single segment deployed alone are far less effective.
Alaska doesn’t need to build policy interventions for our housing market from the ground up. Many tools already exist. The gap is not resources — it’s coordination.
A Governor’s Housing Strike Force(modeled off of Atlanta’s, which recruited over $300 million, identified 40 land sites, and built an expedited permitting system) is the joints and fasteners that our housing market is missing.
Every housing project needs a general contractor— a leader who can bring all the tools and materials together to transform the plan into reality. Let’s House Alaska asks, “will the next Governor of Alaska be the leader on housing that our businesses and communities need?”
Our Statement:
From Ketchikan to Kotzebue, Alaskans are being priced out, pushed out, and left without options for housing in the communities where they want to live.
The individuals and organizations (listed below) agree on a simple message: Alaska has a housing shortage, there’s more that our policymakers can do to solve it, and we want them to take action in 2027.
The housing shortage looks different in each community. It’s a complex challenge, but we know that there are policies and programs working across Alaska, and across the country, that show us what is possible. It’s up to our policymakers to coordinate and scale these opportunities.
Housing is the foundation upon which every other opportunity in Alaska is built. Together, we can build housing that sustains our unique way of life.
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Businesses & Organizations:
Alaska Children's Trust
Alaska Coalition on Housing & Homelessness
Alaska Community Development Corporation
Alaska Municipal League
Alaska Public Interest Research Group
Anchorage Youth Action Board
Baranof Island Housing Authority
Daybreak, Inc.
Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services
Fireweed Collective
Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop, LLC
Housing Alaskans Public-Private Partnership
Interior Regional Housing Authority
Kenai Peninsula Homelessness Coalition
Koniag
MatSu Health Foundation
Micheal Quinn Construction Inc.
NCP Design/Build Ltd
Northrim Bank Alaska
Prince William Sound Economic Development District
Sitka Community Land Trust
Sitka Homeless Coalition
Spinell Homes Inc.
Visser Construction LLC
Mike Huston
Mim McConnell
Morgan Stonecipher
N.Claiborne Porter Jr AIA
Nadine Winters
Nina Makarova
Patrick Shiflea
Preston Simmons
Priscilla Morris
Randy Hughey
Rev. Matthew Schultz
Ryan Morse
Sean McPhilamy
Sean McPhilamy
Shauna Hegna
Skyler Quinn
Tamika Harris
Tasha Boyer Dunbar
Tom Snyder
Trevor Storrs
Victor Mollozzi
William Obrien
Zack Fields
Individuals:
Jasmine Boyle
Jess Hall
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Kat Morin
KC Casort
Kelly Mullin
Kenneth Petersen
Kit Kennedy
Kristin Smith
Kristine Chen
Lauren Criss-Carboy
Leslie Rohr
Levi Adams
Margi Dashevsky
Max Kritzer
Mayor Edna DeVries
Mayor Mindy O'Neall
Meg Zaletel
Mel Izard
Meli Syphus
Michaela Franklin
Michele Brown
AJ Wilber
Alicia Hughes Skandijs
Allegory Smith
Andre Spinelli
Anna Brawley
Ashlyn Luckhurst
Brian Kassof
Brian Wilson
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof
Chase Burnett
Claire Lubke
Clare Ross
David Wilson
Devin Kelly
Dr. Di Chadwell
Elle Campbell
Eric Visser
Erin Willahan
Eugene Paul
Frana BA
Haleigh Reed
Hooper Bay City Administrator Roy Joseph
Janis Fleischman