Many say that the streets and woods around Anchorage will be filling up with homeless residents who have nowhere else to go.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Sullivan Arena became a much lonelier place Monday afternoon.
Neal Reutov lives in a camp in the woods near the Ben Boeke Ice Arena, located adjacent to the Sullivan Arena. Reutov gave a reporter a tour of the camp and believes many people relocate to the woods in search of isolation and seclusion. There are some individuals that chose to not venture far from the Sullivan Arena.
Seay emphasized that while his heart is heavy, he is still hopeful. He described Monday as a hard day, as it was tough for him to watch more people head outside with nowhere to go. “They’ve just kind of been coming in slowly and scattered, every day I wake up and see a new face,” said Jonathan Joseph, a resident who was formerly incarcerated and is now living on the streets of Anchorage.
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