Alaska Housing Finance Corp. buys 600 acres of university land to spur development

An organization dedicated to housing Alaskans has purchased more than 600 acres of university land across the state for future residential projects.

Daniel Delfino, with the Alaska Housing Finance Corp., said housing is tight all around Alaska. The idea, he said, is to jump-start development in a way the organization and others hope to replicate in the future.

“You can think about it as money that the private sector or another person doesn’t have to come up with,” he said. “That’s what we’re bringing to the table. It’s going to make housing go up in communities that probably wouldn’t otherwise see it.”…

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