City officials in Valdez are pursuing an all-of-the-above solution — and they’re hoping to serve as a model for other communities.
Mobile homes at a trailer court in Valdez, Alaska on Aug. 15, 2024. Roughly a quarter of Valdez’s housing units are mobile or manufactured homes, and city officials hope to leverage a federal grant to pay for upgraded stock.
“You see that in all the businesses, whether it’s retail or the schools,” he said. “I know there’ve been a number of folks who have been offered employment, but they couldn’t find a place to live, and so they had to turn down the employment to go work somewhere else.” “The majority of them are from 1980 or earlier, so they’ve greatly outlived their lifespans in our community,” Huber said. “We live in a pretty harsh environment that these manufactured home units are not designed for.”
The city expanded single-family zones to allow manufactured homes and duplexes without special permits and expanded mixed-use zoning for housing in commercial areas. “We have seen just a couple instances where somebody created a new apartment, came to discuss with us the short term rental process, and then opted to participate in the incentive program,” she said. “Those units are now long term rentals.”
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