For one Sitkan, a dream of debt-free home ownership came in the form of a trailer
Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | May 21, 2021
Sitkan Robin Schmid stands in front of her renovated trailer home. She paid $75,000 for it, around a fifth of what she would’ve paid for a house that still needed a lot of work. (Erin McKinstry/KCAW)
When people think of trailer homes, many envision shoddy construction and unhealthy living conditions, but in places like Sitka where construction costs are high and land availability is low, they’re an important affordable housing alternative. For one Sitkan, renovating a trailer provided a path to debt-free home ownership, and this resident is not the only one looking beyond the stigma of trailer living.
Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 21, 2020
Sitka High ESL teacher Betty Richter’s technical writing class demonstrates social distancing technique. Although schools are an easy place to spread disease, the district says tough mitigation measures have resulted in no detectable spread of COVID-19 in schools. “The 10 or 11 times we’ve had a positive case at a building where people were in person,” said special education director Chris Voron, “we followed a mitigation plan and there’s been no documented transmission that public health can detect in our contact tracing.” (SHS photo)
Sitka’s schools are on holiday break, and whether they reopen for in-person learning on January 4 remains a question mark.