Sec. 18.56.860. Home energy rating systems.
The corporation shall act as the authorizing agency for purposes of approving home energy rating systems used in the state.
Sec. 18.56.900. Definitions.
In this chapter, (1) “board” means the board of directors of the corporation; (2) “corporation” means the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation created by this chapter.
Sec. 18.56.799. Definitions.
In AS 18.56.700 – 18.56.799, (1) “office” means the senior housing office established under AS 18.56.700; (2) “senior housing” (A) means construction or improvement undertaken primarily to provide dwelling accommodations for older individuals, including conventional housing, housing for frail elderly, group homes, congregate housing, residential horizontal property regimes organized under AS 34.07, residential cooperatives organized […]
Sec. 18.56.550. Field offices; contract services; assistance to others.
(a) The corporation may establish field offices under AS 18.56.400 – 18.56.600, may hire one or more lending officers, and may contract for the services of (1) real property appraisers who are familiar with housing and construction in small communities; and (2) engineers who are familiar with engineering problems in arctic and subarctic regions. (b) […]
Sec. 18.56.800. Declaration of purpose.
There exists in the state a serious shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary residential housing available at low or moderate prices or rentals to older individuals. There also exists in the state organizations whose purposes are to provide the kinds of housing needed to alleviate this shortage. Development work to provide such housing involves substantial […]
Sec. 18.56.560. Demonstration projects and information.
The corporation may enter into agreements with public and private agencies to provide demonstration projects and information concerning housing construction in small communities.
Sec. 18.56.810. Senior citizens housing development.
(a) There is created in the corporation a senior citizens housing development fund. Subject to direct appropriation or through proceeds of a bond issue, the corporation shall make grants to municipalities, public or private nonprofit corporations designated as tax exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) and (4) (Internal Revenue Code of 1954), or regional housing authorities […]
Sec. 18.56.580. Loans for multi-family housing.
(a) The corporation may use the housing assistance loan program created in AS 18.56.420 to make loans for the purchase, participation in the purchase, origination, development, or refinancing of multi-family housing in small communities. (b) In this section, (1) “development” means the construction of a new residence or the acquisition, repair, remodeling, rehabilitation, or expansion […]
Sec. 18.56.850. Home energy conservation and weatherization program.
(a) The corporation shall plan, study, implement, and assist programs for home energy conservation and weatherization including, without limitation, the (1) home energy loan program; (2) rural capital retrofit program; and (3) energy efficiency and weatherization program. (b) In the development of a home energy conservation or weatherization program under (a) of this section, the […]
Sec. 18.56.600. Definitions.
In AS 18.56.400 – 18.56.600, (1) “housing” means owner-occupied, single-family housing and owner-occupied duplexes in which not more than 25 percent of the gross floor area is or will be devoted to commercial use; (2) “small community” means a community with a population of 6,500 or less that is not connected by road or rail […]