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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Organizations:
Alaska Public Interest Research Group
Housing Alaskans Public-Private Partnership
Individuals:
We need YOU be a part of our first 100 signers!
Help us reach our goal by signing-on TODAY to be a champion for housing action in Alaska.