Credit Courtesy of David McClure
Long time Bristol Bay resident David Eric McClure, former director of the regional housing authority, died Wednesday Feb. 3 in Anchorage. He was 66.
Born Sept. 14, 1954 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and raised in the northern Laurel Valley part of Ligonier Valley, PA, David Eric McClure was a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania and the Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University. He came to Alaska in 1979 as a VISTA Volunteer and worked for 14 years as the village administrator for the Kvichak River community of Levelock. McClure and the village council worked together to build capacity for federal housing project decisions, requiring locally built homes rather than prefabricated federal housing, and directing building lot decisions. There were objections but their efforts prevailed. McClure later became Executive Director of the Bristol Bay Housing Authority in Dillingham and served in that position for 21 years. Before his reti
Construction underway for Petersburg affordable housing project
Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Jan 20, 2021
An excavator prepares the future site of the 15-apartment building on Excel Street this month. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
Construction has started on a multi-million dollar affordable housing project next to the Petersburg Medical Center.
Local company Rock N Road began excavating the site on Excel Street last week in preparation for a new building with 15 apartments.
“We’re just really excited to get going,” said Glenn Gellert with Swell LLC, the Anchorage development and financing company that’s doing the project. “We’ve been working on this project for quite a while now and it always feels good when the digging starts.”
Connecticut
The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority gives loans for down payment assistance. You must borrow at least $3,000, but you can t borrow more than the minimum down payment for your home.
You might find assistance specific to where you live through the Housing Development Fund.
Delaware
You can receive 2% to 5% of your mortgage amount as a loan from the Delaware State Housing Authority, and put that loan toward a down payment or closing costs. You won t pay interest, and you ll pay back the loan when you move, refinance, or pay off your mortgage. You can also get up to $2,000 per year in tax credits.
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