The Juneau Assembly has offered grants to residents looking to build accessory dwelling units, often called mother-in-law apartments, since 2015. The goal was to promote housing construction in Juneau, especially for long-term rentals.Now, it’s been six months since the Juneau Assembly approved 16 grants amounting to $13,500 each for residents who want to build accessory dwelling units on their properties.
“You know, we are advertising it, and we’re putting it out there. I’ve had a couple of inquiries,” he said. “So there’s some interest, it might just be that there’s not a ton of knowledge of the program.” “The price of putting in an accessory dwelling unit has always been a little bit expensive. We really wanted to try to be able to cover more of the cost or to try to provide more for people to develop more units,” he said.
“It’s just a drop in the bucket. Right? I mean, it depends if you’re just like converting a room or converting something above a garage or something — that’s one thing. But if you’re actually building something, that’s just a drop in the bucket,” she said.