Should people have a legal right to sleep on city streets? The nation’s homeless crisis sparks a partisan battle.
In the Texas capital, a new rule allows people to sleep in public, but some are revolting over homeless encampments.
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Tent by tent, police and city officials are counting Anchorage’s homeless population this week
Data from the semiannual count is used to help advocate for funding to reduce homelessness.
Capital budget vetoes leave gap for homeless services in Anchorage
The Clare House emergency shelter for women and children is among facilities with uncertain futures.
Anchorage Assembly extends civil emergency declaration related to homelessness until late September
The municipal attorney said the extension would allow Anchorage to contend with the “second wave” of people expected to lose access to housing and other social services.
With Dunleavy budget cuts, a fragile safety net for Alaska’s mentally ill thins further
As mentally ill lose housing and other supports, police, hospitals and jails will feel the pressure, providers and advocates say.
Park Strip homeless protest in Anchorage has morphed into a homeless camp at odds with the city
The camp isn’t legal, according to the municipality. Campers have had several run-ins with police.
Dunleavy budget vetoes will mean a sharp increase in people living in camps and cars, service providers say
Children, pregnant women, elderly, disabled and seriously mentally ill Alaskans will lose shelter under the cuts, they say.
Anchorage eyes homeless camp clearance rules for fire safety
The proposed changes to the municipal code would enable authorities to declare danger zones and clear such camps.
Anchorage’s biggest homeless shelter closes during the day, braces for drastic budget cuts
The shelter may have to reduce the number of people it can accommodate from 240 to 100.
Dunleavy budget veto cuts services to the homeless statewide, hitting Anchorage hardest
Shelter beds will be drastically reduced, sending more people into encampments, according to homeless advocates.
Panhandling, drinking and loitering are at a breaking point in Midtown Anchorage, businesses say
The Midtown Community Council is poised to pass a resolution critical of the city and asking for more enforcement.
Anchorage is doing more than ever to clear homeless camps. But to many, the problem has never been worse.
The total number of people camping in public spaces in the city has trended down, but clearing camps may make the homeless more visible — and residents are fed up.
Anchorage mayor defends trail safety, city efforts on homeless camps
Ethan Berkowitz said he uses the trails regularly and feels the city is making progress on clearing camps.
Anchorage isn’t doing enough to clean up illegal camps, say some Alaska lawmakers
But city officials say a letter from a group of nine legislators failed to offer any realistic solutions.
Anchorage company fined $35K for spreading chemicals at site used by homeless people
Ronald Alleva, co-founder of Grubstake Auction, also must do community service and pay about $6,500 in restitution.
For Anchorage creek cleanup volunteers, homeless camps pose an increasing problem
The proliferation of homeless camps has escalated and may put the future of the annual event in jeopardy, an organizer said.
In Midtown Anchorage, thieves hit a mobile food pantry for the homeless
A 79-year-old Korean immigrant with his own way of helping those in need said he was disappointed in what happened in the city that treated him well for so long.
Jury convicts Grubstake Auction and owner for spreading chemicals at site used by homeless people
Ronald Alleva and Grubstake Auction Co. were found guilty of misusing a pesticide at one of the city’s most popular gathering spots for the homeless.
Woman found dead near Anchorage library was likely homeless, police say
Police said the death of Elizabeth Black, 35, “doesn’t appear to be suspicious."
Food, music and laughter: Inside an Anchorage soup kitchen’s Thanksgiving Day
Volunteers at Bean’s Cafe near downtown served over a thousand meals on Thanksgiving to the area’s homeless population.