Funding cuts made by the Trump Administration mean the community of Mertarvik will go without new housing construction for the third consecutive summer.

This village’s climate relocation was supposed to be a “blueprint” for climate change response. Some experts say it’s a cautionary tale.

Some federally funded housing in the Bering Sea coastal community is moldy and does not meet minimum code requirements, according to a housing inspection report commissioned by KYUK.

They waited decades for safe, healthy housing, but for many who have made the move from Newtok to Mertarvik, that dream still hasn’t become reality.