Our Story
From One House to a Neighborhood to a Community
CIHA is established to provide affordable housing in the Cook Inlet region. By the mid-1990s, CIHA has 267 apartment homes available for rent to seniors throughout Southcentral Alaska.
The Native American Housing and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) creates the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) to allow more flexibility for local decision making. This creates many more opportunities for CIHA.
Feedback from the community drives CIHA to add affordable family housing to its rental portfolio
Cook Inlet Lending Center (CILC) provides access and opportunities for low- to modest-income individuals and families who want to turn the dream of buying a home into their reality.
Families move into the colorful cottages that make up CIHA’s first family rental housing community.
CIHA starts building better affordable housing for residents and newcomers to the neighborhood of Mountain View.
CIHA begins providing third party project management services. Our first project is Chugach Colony Estates, a senior rental property in Palmer.
CIHA begins acquiring properties in Spenard to support future revitalization efforts.
In an effort to test innovative building designs and site plan approaches, CIHA begins developing duplex and triplex homes in neighborhoods around Anchorage.
Mountain View flourishes with the help of CIHA’s neighborhood revitalization efforts.
CIHA is still writing our story and responding to the needs of our communities in a sustainable and strategic manner.