Anchorage Assembly considers updating Housing Action Plan and coordinating with mayor’s 10,000 Homes strategy

The Anchorage Assembly met in a May 2 work session to review its Assembly Housing Action Plan and consider how that plan should align with the mayor’s 10,000 Homes strategy as both efforts move into implementation.

The housing plan, adopted by the Assembly in December 2023, is a concise document of the Assembly’s vision, goals, guiding principles and a menu of strategies for increasing and preserving housing in the municipality. “This plan was created in an environment where there was less collaboration,” Assembly member Anna Ballen said, describing why the Assembly produced the plan and why an update may be timely.

Assembly members said the plan is a reachable roadmap for prioritizing work, measuring progress and directing staff resources. The document runs about six pages and includes a measures-for-success section; a more public-facing 2024 progress report was circulated to show ordinances, code changes and other actions tied to the plan. Chair Christopher Constant opened the work session by saying, “we're here to have a discussion about our assembly housing action plan as well as our assembly work plan.”

Much of the session focused on whether and how to align the Assembly’s document with the mayor’s 10,000 Homes strategy.…