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City to abate growing 2nd Avenue homeless encampment on Friday
[AlaskaNewsSource] The Anchorage Health Department again cited concerns over public health and safety as reason for dismantling the camp. READ MORE: https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/05/14/city-abate-growing-2nd-avenue-homeless-encampment-friday/
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Coalition to End Homelessness aims to create 150 units of housing each year
[Alaska’s News Source] Coalition to End Homelessness aims to create 150 units of housing each year. READ MORE:https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/04/18/coalition-end-homelessness-aims-create-150-units-housing-each-year/
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Anchorage Assembly’s Housing and Homelessness Committee
Learn more about the Anchorage Assembly’s Housing and Homelessness Committee on their website. Learn about the Committee’s work and Assembly initiatives to provide housing first and to solve homelessness in Anchorage.https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/pages/committee%20on%20homelessness.aspx
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Anchorage Assembly to consider ordinance to limit homeless camp sites.
[Alaska News Source] Anchorage Assembly to consider ordinance to limit homeless camp sites. The ordinance is a revised version of the original proposal crafted by the mayor’s office which would make camping…
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In reversal, Alaska House includes $4M for Anchorage homeless shelter in budget draft
The spending plan draft set for consideration by the Alaska House this week includes $4 million for operating an Anchorage homeless shelter, after the Finance Committee reversed its previous action in nixing…
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[ADN] One woman’s long road from homeless to housed in Anchorage
A Daily News reporter and photographer followed Monique Crespo on a yearlong journey out of homelessness. In that time, her life changed in ways both triumphant and devastating. Anchorage changed, too. READ…
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[Alaska Public Media] Anchorage homeless rental program gets $1.5M boost
A pilot project to secure apartments and supportive services for 150 people currently living in an Anchorage emergency cold weather shelter got a $1.5 million boost. READ MORE: https://alaskapublic.org/2024/01/18/anchorage-homeless-rental-program-gets-1-5m-boost/
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[Your Alaska Link] Anchorage Housing Program celebrates…
[Your Alaska Link] Anchorage Housing Program celebrates placing 50 homeless individuals into stable housing. Progress is being made when it comes to getting the homeless out of the cold and back on…
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Pets, drugs and lost jobs: Annual point-in-time count looks at what keeps people from finding permanent housing -ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU)
Natisha Frazier stood outside her trailer located inside the homeless camp at Cuddy Park in Midtown Anchorage. Read more…
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City warming centers may scale back soon as Anchorage cold snap ends – Alaska Public Media
Friday morning, Jason Smart volunteered to run a vacuum cleaner over a dingy, beat up orange carpet in what used to be a conference room in Anchorage’s former Golden Lion Hotel. The…
