With the first snow just weeks away, the city is scrambling to pull together housing options for more than 3,000 unsheltered residents.
An outdoor tent city for the homeless is seen July 26, 2023, across from the city’s historic railroad depot in Anchorage, Alaska. proposed buying one-way airfareNow, with the first snow just weeks away, those free tickets are nowhere in sight and the city is scrambling to pull together a grab bag of housing options for its more than 3,000 unsheltered residents.
“I have nothing,” he said, as he tried to make some money repairing an old car at a homeless encampment across from the city library. By renting hotel rooms, Johnson hopes to limit the capacity of a mass winter homeless shelter to no more than 150 people — one of the Assembly’s stipulations when releasing the emergency funds. The city wants to use a recently vacated administration building as a makeshift low-barrier shelter, Johnson said.The Assembly last week also awarded a $1.
Bronson in July suggested it would be cheaper to fly homeless people to other states or elsewhere in Alaska than to house them for the winter. The unfunded proposal drew angry rebukes from mayors in California and Hawaii and skepticism from many in Anchorage’s own unsheltered community. Homeless encampments sprang up all over the city, including near Anchorage’s historic train depot used by thousands of tourists this summer.
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