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Mayor LaFrance touts early housing permit gains; administration introduces tax abatement for rehabilitating vacant homes
Summary
In her July 15 report to the Anchorage Assembly, Mayor LaFrance described a rise in multifamily permits in early 2025 and introduced an ordinance to allow property tax abatements for rehabilitated vacant and abandoned residential properties on the municipal registry.
Mayor LaFrance told the Anchorage Assembly on July 15 that permit activity for multifamily housing has accelerated in 2025 and that administrative and assembly policy changes are enabling development.
“In all of 2024, we permitted around 70 units of multifamily housing. In just the first 6 months of 2025, we’ve already doubled that number,” the mayor said, noting permit totals in the first half of 2025 had risen to “over 140 units” (reported by the mayor). She said accessory dwelling unit (ADU) permits also doubled during…
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