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.
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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.
How health care, taxis and training helped cut the number of emergency calls around the Anchorage homeless shelter
A soaring number of hospitalizations and 911 calls in the area around Brother Francis Shelter and Bean's Cafe got hospital executives in Anchorage talking.
Anchorage to move faster on illegal camps but agrees to store belongings
The policy, modeled after those of cities in the Lower 48, reflects the challenges in moving people toward shelters or housing.
City launches public-private team in support of updated, 3-year homelessness plan
A council of Alaska business executives, city leaders, a church pastor and non-profits plans to tackle a three-year effort to curb homelessness initiative beginning this fall.
Alaska’s largest health insurer is donating $1 million to housing and services for homeless youths
Seattle-based Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska on Thursday kicked off a larger campaign aimed at behavioral health and homelessness.
Business owner says he spread chemicals in one of Anchorage’s gathering places for homeless people. Now police are investigating.
Ron Alleva owns a business next door to the area. He’s waged a yearslong campaign against a nearby shelter and soup kitchen, saying they coddle homeless people who desecrate the neighborhood.
Anchorage’s hardest-to-house homeless cost $50,000 a year on the street. Could that money be better spent?
That's about the same amount as a year of permanent housing and assistance, a new study shows. The data is setting the stage for a bigger project.