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    "headline": "Fairbanks Targets Empty Homes",
    "deck": "Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services is rolling out two programs aimed at easing the rental shortage and stabilizing aging homes across the city.",
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    "body_md": "Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services has launched two programs aimed at easing the rental shortage and stabilizing aging homes across Fairbanks. One program targets vacant and blighted properties, rehabbing them so they can return to the rental market. The second uses a $2 million Healthy Homes grant to help income qualified homeowners fix major repair issues like plumbing and moisture problems.\n\nFor renters, small landlords, and homeowners across the Fairbanks area, the programs are meant to keep existing housing stock from disappearing. Vacant and blighted homes sitting empty represent lost rental supply, and the rehab program is designed to put those units back on the market. The Healthy Homes grant works upstream of that problem, helping homeowners catch disrepair before it forces a home out of livable condition.\n\nTogether, the two efforts add up to roughly $4 million flowing into local housing stability. That figure is modest by statewide standards, but in a market as tight as Fairbanks, officials say it can make a real difference in available housing supply.",
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    "summary": "Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services launched two programs to address the rental shortage and aging housing stock: one rehabs vacant and blighted homes into rentals, the other uses a $2 million Healthy Homes grant to help income qualified homeowners fix plumbing and moisture issues. Combined investment is about $4 million.",
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        "a": "It helps income qualified homeowners in Fairbanks fix serious issues like plumbing and moisture problems so their homes don't fall into disrepair.",
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