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Anchorage's last COVID-era shelter is in a downtown hotel. The clock is ticking on its closure.
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 12—Aviator Hotel, homeless, homelessness, portico Sulamai Seve has been homeless and living in a room at the Aviator Hotel in downtown Anchorage for about a year. On a recent sunny September ...
Anchorage Assembly outlines plan for April 30 closure of winter homeless shelters
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 12—The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure setting April 30 as the date for closure of the city's emergency winter homeless shelters and outlining a "demobilization ...
Anchorage Assembly directs $7.6 million toward homelessness relief ahead of winter
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 28—The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday approved a $4.2 million funding package to speed the city's response to a homelessness crisis before winter arrives, plus another $3.4 million to turn ...
Anchorage may need to extend winter shelter use into spring as homelessness response remains in flux
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 18—Anchorage officials are warning that there are major challenges to address before the city can close its winter emergency shelters in April, despite efforts to open about 225 new affordable ...
Anchorage task force urges city to use Golden Lion Hotel and Dempsey Anderson Ice Arena for...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 18—Golden Lion, Golden Lion Hotel The community task force called upon by the Anchorage Assembly to quickly draft plans for sheltering hundreds of homeless residents this winter has urged ...
Purchase finalized to make downtown Anchorage hotel into low-income and supportive housing for...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 21—GuestHouse Inn More than 130 people who have been experiencing homelessness in Anchorage now have permanent housing after a deal closed last week to permanently transform a former hotel ...
Anchorage officials push forward with winter shelter plans, including potential use of old Solid...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 21—Anchorage officials are pushing ahead with plans for emergency winter homeless shelter, which includes rooming people in at least two hotels and opening a congregate shelter, likely ...
Anchorage Assembly OKs use of hotels to shelter homeless residents this winter
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 11—As the city pushes to open emergency winter shelters by next week, the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday approved contracts for sheltering up to 374 homeless residents in two hotels. Assembly ...
For the first time in 3 years, Anchorage is operating a low-barrier summer shelter -- at least for...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJun. 3—For the first time since 2021, Anchorage is entering the peak summer months with a city-run low-barrier homeless shelter open. While Anchorage's incoming mayor says keeping the shelter ...
2 of Anchorage's 3 emergency warming centers close as low temperatures ease
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 5—Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson on Sunday announced the closure of two of the city's three emergency warming centers as temperatures rose above zero degrees, saying the facilities were seeing ...