Erin Baldwin Day
14:35 - 15:16
"the assembly moved to allow accessory dwelling units in all residential zones in 2023, duplexes by right everywhere in the Anchorage Bowl. That was the HOME Initiative. 3 And 4-plexes were reclassified from commercial to residential construction, and some residential design standards were paused. And with all of this work that's been done since 2022, we are just now beginning to see an uptick in residential permit So 261 residential permits, residential units permitted in 2023, 299 in 2024, and 393 in 2025. And I'd like to posit that that trajectory does not get us to 10,000 homes in 10 years."
“the assembly moved to allow accessory dwelling units in all residential zones in 2023, duplexes by right everywhere in the Anchorage Bowl. That was the HOME Initiative. 3 And 4-plexes were reclassified from commercial to residential construction, and some residential design standards were paused. And with all of this work that's been done since 2022, we are just now beginning to see an uptick in residential permit So 261 residential permits, residential units permitted in 2023, 299 in 2024, and 393 in 2025. And I'd like to posit that that trajectory does not get us to 10,000 homes in 10 years.”
- Speaker
- Erin Baldwin Day
- Timestamp
- 14:35 – 15:16
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 17, 2026
From the transcript
The assembly moved to allow accessory dwelling units in all residential zones in 2023, duplexes by right everywhere in the Anchorage Bowl. That was the HOME Initiative. 3 And 4-plexes were reclassified from commercial to residential construction, and some residential design standards were paused. And with all of this work that's been done since 2022, we are just now beginning to see an uptick in residential permit So 261 residential permits, residential units permitted in 2023, 299 in 2024, and 393 in 2025. And I'd like to posit that that trajectory does not get us to 10,000 homes in 10 years.
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