Housing in Alaska takes a variety of forms, fromsingle-family homes toapartment complexes. Alaska had ahomeownership rate of 66.5% in 2017.[1] Issues related to housing in Alaska includehomeownership,affordable housing,housing insecurity,zoning, andhomelessness.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, there were 326,200housing units in Alaska in 2020.[2] There were an estimated 1,445 homeless individuals in Alaska in 2020, according to theAnnual Homeless Assessment Report.[3]
TheU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administers programs that provide housing and community development assistance in the United States.[4] Adequate housing is recognized ashuman right in the 1948Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the 1966International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.[5]