Landowners were disappointed their property was listed with other proposed sanctioned campsites for the homeless without advance notice.
in Anchorage weeks ago left just a few dozen homeless residents with somewhere to stay, there are still questions about where the most vulnerable people will be housed in the long term.across the Anchorage area for designated campsites where basic resources would be available such as water and bathrooms. Three of the sites proposed include areas near West 100th Avenue and C Street, the corner of Bragaw Street and East Sixth Avenue, and the Eagle River Campground.
CIRI isn’t the only entity that said it wasn’t notified before being listed on the resolution. Pacific Northern Academy also says they weren’t notified of having a possible site at Bragaw and East Sixth Avenue. “While the Department of Natural Resources is sympathetic to the challenges facing unhoused people in the Anchorage area, the Eagle River Campground in Chugach State Park would not be an appropriate place for a sanctioned homeless camp,” DNR Director of Communications Lorraine Henry wrote in an email.
“I can’t speak for the entire Task Force yet want to offer a personal apology to those property owners for putting you in a situation where you now have to deal with public opinion and any negative optics.”
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