The Anchorage Assembly decided that the city-owned, former Golden Lion Hotel will not be part of this winter's emergency homelessness response — but most Assembly members want to use its 85 rooms for non-emergency housing of the homeless.
Anchorage bought the Golden Lion Hotel in December of 2020, with the intent of turning it into community substance abuse treatment center. That could still happen, though the Anchorage Assembly indicated Tuesday that it should become housing — as opposed to an emergency shelter — for people without homes.
The Assembly also decided that the city-owned, former Golden Lion Hotel in the Tudor area will not be part of the emergencyadopted last month.-emergency homelessness response. Zaletel argued that it’s cheaper, and more stable to essentially pay the rent for someone in a city-owned asset than to pay for a bed in a less stable, emergency shelter setting. She said the savings could pay for services that prevent homelessness.
But, the distinction may resolve legal issues related to city land use codes and a past Assembly commitmentThere was a lot of political finger-pointing during public testimony and Assembly discussion on Tuesday about who did what that led to the repeated displacement and relocation of the city’s homeless residents this year.
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