The Haines Borough administration building. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

Faced with a housing shortage, the borough assembly and planning commission will consider  whether to allow adding small apartments, sometimes called “granny flats,” to single-family-zoned lots. The secondary units are often called accessory dwelling units or ADUs. 

The housing shortage is an issue that has been under discussion at the borough level for several years.According to a 2022 report by the Haines Economic Development…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.