Sitka Community Development Corporation Archives

With sale, seed planted for affordable housing project

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Nov 25, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

Last night (11-24-15), the Sitka Assembly finalized the sale of a portion of the Old City Shops property for an affordable housing project. Though the ordinance passed, Assembly members wondered aloud about how to ensure that neighborhood would be built. Read More

City to sell land for affordable housing

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Nov 13, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

At Tuesday’s meeting (11-10-15), the Assembly took its first political step towards selling city land to the Sitka Community Development Corporation for an affordable housing project. Read More

Sitka’s first land trust home attracts a buyer — finally

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 8, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

It may be the cheapest route into a brand new family home in Sitka. It will have two-stories, three bedrooms, a yard, and off--street parking. It has just about everything, in fact, except a long list of people eager to buy it. Read More

Home-buyers class a first-step toward ownership in Sitka’s new land trust

by KCAW News | Sep 5, 2014 | The Morning Interview

Randy Hughey and Michael LaGuire are board members with the Sitka Community Development Corporation, which has established a community land trust. The first property in the trust will be available for sale sometime next year. Anyone interested in applying must first take a free Home Choice class from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, Sep 10 & 11, 6-10 PM. To register visit the AHFC online, or call 1-800-459-2921 Read More

Community Land Trust: Thanks, and now the work begins

by Joshua Houston | Jul 1, 2014 | Commentary

Thanks to all the agencies and individuals who helped make Sitka's first Community Land Trust a Reality. The next steps for Sitka Community Development Corporation are to approve a house design, select a qualified prospective home owner according to the CLT process, coach the home owner through financing, select a builder for the home on Lillian Drive, oversee the building project, and then choose our next project. Read More