Alaska Housing ■
4* Receives $20,000 i <
The first loan from the revolv
ing fund of $10,000,000 provided
toy the Alaska Housing Act to
stimulate housing here has been
completed with the transfer of
$20,000 to the Alaska Housing
Authority by the Housing and
** Home Finance administrator it
was announced today by Mr. E.
Glen Wilder, executive director of
the Authority. The $20,000 is part
of an initial $50,000 loan being
made by the administrator to the
Authority for general adminis
trative expenses for the develop
ment of the Alaska housing pro
gram.
% The check for $20,000 was pre
sented to Father Paul C. O’Con
nor, chairman of the commission
ers of the Authority by Mr. Bur
ton O. Young, Washington, D.C.,
assistant to the administrator, in
charge of special housing opera
tions. Father O’Connor accepted
the check on behalf of the other
commissioners; mayor Z. J. Lous
sac of Anchorage, Mrs. Louise W.
Miller, ivetchikan, and Mr. Jake
Cropley of Juneau. The Authority
has issued its 2Vt>% bonds to the
* administrator for the loan.
The first loan from the revolv
ing fund culminated a senes of
meetings held this week between
commissioners of the Authority
and the executive director, Mr.
Wilder, with federal housing offi
cials. Among those present al the
meetings were, besides Mr.
Young, Mr. William D. Burkheim
er, program advisor for Alaska, of
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency, Mr. Clinton C. Staples,
0 FHA territorial director from Ju
neau, and Mr. Philip Ruen of the
Seattle office of the public hous
ing administration, and Mr. Hugh
Johnston, budget analyst from
the HHFA.
The proceeds of the $50,000 loan
are to be used by the Alaska
heusing authority in the develop
ment of the housing program con
templating the financing and con
struction of large scale projects,
as well as improvement of dwell
ings in the remote areas of the
territory-. Agreement was reached
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SEATTLE, UP)— The kiddies in
Fairbanks could get down to seri
i ous library reading again today.
' They have a new air-borne chib
i dren’s library.
A fire in the Alaska city’s li
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during the series of meetings on
the various means for assistance
to housing construction which the
Authority may utilize with funds
obtained from the Housing and
Home Finance administrator. In
^ accordance with the Alaska Hous
I ing act, passed by the congress,
the revolving fund of ten million
is to be loaned by the adm.nistra
tor from time to time to the Alas
ka Housing Authority which in
turn will use the proceeds for
loans to private industry in the
building of multiple family rental
and dwelling units throughout the
territory as well as loan* on a
smaller scale for the improvement
of dwellings in the remote areas
The Authority is also authorized
in the event private sponsorship
is not available to itself under
take construction of housing pro
1 jects.
Mr. Wilder of the Authority,
after the conclusion of the meet
ings, announced that regulation*
would be issued shortly for the
use of the public, outlining the
financial assistance which the
Authority will render in housing
projects. Applications for such fin
ancial assistance will be received
after that time, he said.
The legal details of the fifty
thousand dollar bond issued un
, der which the initial loan was
made, were handled for th^ Alas
ka Housing Authority by. M|r
Wendell Kay of Anchorage and
for the administrator by Mr. Ver
non E. Hubka of Washington,
D. C.
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