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Murkowski cosponsors bill to ease Buy America paperwork for home builders

“That added a lot of new compliance requirements to what regional housing authorities do without any funding to support that”

BIA sends nearly $800,000 to five Alaska tribal governments, most of it road money

“It's the largest single source of federal funding for housing in Native communities nationwide and HUD's largest investment in Alaska.”

Housing projects can compete for Alaska CDBG grants, with applications due Dec. 4

“when you look at the housing shortage statistics, that puts the ahh an aha. It's pretty sobering.”

Three Alaska tribal housing groups win $15.7 million in federal grants for 58 homes

“It allows individual tribes to determine their own approaches to meeting need, whether that's new rental units, whether it's homebuyer units and assistance, rehabilitation, weatherization, serving elders, that sort of thing.”

Anchorage developer says fire lanes cost his 58-unit project 15 homes

Nenana pioneers Alaska's first biochar boiler for municipal heating