Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority (THRHA) is pleased to announce the award of a top-off grant for up to $780,000 from the Rasmuson Foundation for the expansion and renovation of the Klawock Senior Supportive Housing facility on Prince of Wales Island.

This funding, in conjunction with a Denali grant and other HUD and AHFC supplemental funding will enable the THRHA to triple the square footage of the Senior Center. The expansion and renovation, includes eight new fully accessible two-bedroom units; a complete renovation of the existing ten one-bedroom units with new cabinets, counters, appliances, fixtures, flooring and widening doorways to bedrooms and bathrooms; a new open and spacious lobby; fireplace; accessible drinking fountain; installation of an elevator; new drive-up covered entrance; new laundry facilities on each floor; expansion of the day/lunch room including...

Affordable housing opportunities and solutions for Southeast Alaskans!

From the President/CEO:

Like the framing hammer, Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority is the right tool designed to improve housing conditions in Southeast Alaska. We have strategically developed an organization that provides the best quality homes and services, a one-stop-shop offering expertise in developing, building, financing and maintaining affordable housing. Over the past several years, we have been monitoring the inevitable decline in federal funding and have made plans to become more self-sufficient in order to minimize its effects on delivery of our services.

In this year's report, you will see that we have effectively transitioned from a primarily governmentally dependant organization to being more enterprising and independent. This transition is essential for the preservation of our mission; providing housing opportunities and solutions for all Southeast Alaskans. We offer our Tribal and business partners an expert team of housing professionals and an excellent construction crew. THRHA is one of the few housing authorities to manage all phases of housing development including building our own homes with our own crews, and this has proven to be very successful.

Last year in addition to the 41 new families at our Glacier Village Subdivision in Juneau, we purchases an additional 56 fair-market apartments that help ensure housing affordability by providing a rental subsidy program for Native families. We also purchased a Tribal House that will provide temporary housing for families in transition. Our management team has approached this transition with an out-of-the-box thinking. We have aggressively pursued investment opportunities and business partners that will help provide economic stability, and increase our asset base for the continuation of programs and services.

Please join me in celebrating our many successes.