Anchorage’s homeless shelter capacity has been pushed to the brink. Shelters and housing programs are largely full, many with waitlists. And for the first time in years, there's no walk-in, low-barrier shelter available.
Tourists pass by a tent and a man sleeping in the sun along West Second Avenue on Monday, July 18, 2022. Shelters and housing programs are largely full, many with long waitlists. For the first time in decades, there is no walk-in, low-barrier homeless shelter in Anchorage.
And more than 230 homeless residents that the city has put up in rooms at the Aviator Hotel are slated to lose their shelter when city funding runs out at the end of September, unless more shelter beds or housing opportunities are rapidly stood up. Many of the organizations say they have no idea where those at the city-sanctioned Centennial campground or unsanctioned encampments around Anchorage will go once colder weather arrives.Brother Francis Shelter on Friday, July 29, 2022.
The center expanded its number of overnight beds to 57, and has started letting women sleep on cots in an enclosed outdoor area beneath an awning. That space can fit up to 15 people, but it hasn’t gotten that full yet. Although the sanctioned campground at Centennial has been fraught with problems — such as criminal activity, a lack of services, bears attracted by campers’ food — acting Parks and Recreation Director Mike Braniff, Laurie and others contend that the camping happening there is a more orderly option when measured against some alternatives.
Alexis Johnson, Mayor Bronson’s chief of staff, said the administration is working on a winter sheltering plan and will draft it and submit it to the Assembly. They will be doing a callout to churches for sheltering help, she said. “It’s not like all those people are waiting to get an apartment that exists. That, I think, that’s really the big part. There aren’t those apartments out there,” he said.
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