The city cited the “significantly diminished impact” of COVID-19, lack of current emergency declarations and a cutoff date for federal funding looming as reasons to close the shelter at the end of the month.
“It is time to close this chapter in our city’s history and move forward with a bold plan that both treats those experiencing homelessness with dignity and restores the Sullivan Arena to its intended purpose as a place for memorable community gatherings and events,” Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson said in the statement.
in funding to build the shelter, which will have an annual estimated cost of $5 million per year to operate. Private donors, including Providence Alaska and the Rasmuson Foundation, have pledged a further $7 millionsays the new sprung-structure shelter could be ready for temporary occupancy as soon as Aug. 1.
In the months in between, people seeking emergency shelter would rely on “the efforts of traditional providers and the extensive and growing partnerships between AHD, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness, Catholic Social Services, Covenant House, United Way of Alaska, and many others who are working overtime to provide case management and place the maximum number of individuals in transitional and permanent supportive housing,”Shelter guests would also be...
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