Home Through the Seasons: matched savings and seasonal home maintenance education for Native homeowner families in Anchorage and the Mat-Su. - Cook Inlet Lending Center, Inc. will carry out “Home Through the Seasons” with the project goal of safer, healthier homes, preserved family assets, continuing savings habits, and homeowner maintenance skills and self-determination. The project will serve eligible homeowner households in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough that have at least one Alaska Native, American Indian, or Native Hawaiian household member, or a home in a Native Community as defined by the CDFI Fund. The project will enroll 78 households in three cohorts of 26, open or designate 78 savings accounts by Sept. 29, 2028, and support each household in saving $2,000 through 12 monthly deposits. At least 47 households will complete four seasonal three-hour classes at The Nave and save $2,000 by Sept. 29, 2029. Households that complete the savings and class requirements will earn an $8,000 match and up to $10,000 for eligible health and safety repairs, paid to contractors or reimbursed against receipts. Expected outputs include funded savings accounts, completed seasonal classes, and at least $470,000 and up to $780,000 in furnace, roof, alarm, weatherization, plumbing, electrical, and other eligible repair work for at least 47 homes.
