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    "body_md": "The Alaska Legislature has advanced House Bill 184, a measure that gives the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority explicit legal authority to finance workforce housing projects. The bill passed the Senate on May 15, 2026, after clearing the House earlier in the session, and would let the state's primary development finance agency, which has historically backed resource and energy projects, help fund apartment construction for the first time.\n\nThe bill targets what it calls workforce housing, defined as apartment buildings of three or more units. The original version set the minimum at five units, but the Senate lowered that floor to three, a change meant to make smaller multifamily projects pencil out in places like the Mat-Su Valley and the Fairbanks Interior.\n\nSupporters say the change addresses a problem local governments and businesses have flagged for years: the high cost and short supply of housing across Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, Fairbanks, and beyond.\n\nFor renters, first-time buyers, and small builders in Wasilla, Palmer, Anchorage, Eagle River, and the Interior, more state financing for apartment construction could gradually ease one of Alaska's tightest housing markets.",
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