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Local code and utility tariffs are tools Alaska can use to fix the housing shortage

States Newsroom · October 2, 2026

Alaska has roughly the population it had in 2013. What little growth the state has seen in the past three years came from residents over 65, while the working-age population shrank. A state that is not growing should not have a housing shortage. It has one anyway. Rental vacancy in March was 4.9% in Anchorage, 3.5% in…

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Local code and utility tariffs are tools Alaska can use to fix the housing shortage

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