The city has filled its newly created chief housing officer position.<\/p>\n
Effective March 29, Scott Ciambor, a planner with the Alaska Mental Health Board and Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, will be Juneau\u2019s first CHO, a director-level position based in the city manager\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Ciambor will be tasked with \u201cfacilitating housing development within the community\u201d and \u201ccoordinating with government agencies to help bring projects to fruition,\u201d among other things, according to a city press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pleased that we\u2019ve been able to attract someone of Scott\u2019s caliber to be the city\u2019s first chief housing officer,\u201d City Manager Kim Kiefer said in the release. \u201cThe availability of housing is fundamental to the economic growth of our community and the wellbeing of our citizens. We need a wider variety of housing that is affordable for our workforce, our growing senior population, and others who are priced out of the existing market. Scott has the skills to help us move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ciambor lives in Juneau and serves as board chair for the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, and he was the Juneau Economic Development Council\u2019s affordable housing coordinator, according to the release.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very excited about stepping into this vitally important position,\u201d Ciambor said in the release. \u201cI look forward to working with the CBJ and its community partners to help develop the full spectrum of housing that is needed in our community. This is a great opportunity to put into place an array of tools that will provide the framework for local housing policy in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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