Officials in Anchorage, Alaska, are looking to open a city-sanctioned homeless camp amid a growing crisis.
Anchorage is in the top five"largely urban" areas in the United States for family homelessness and unaccompanied minor homelessness, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment.The Anchorage Assembly passed a measure asking the city's Republican Mayor Dave Bronson to open a city-owned lot for the encampment that could serve about 30-60 people. The resolution does not require Bronson to take action.
The city's resolution was written to leave bidding options open for companies to provide the shelters, but one company, the Washington state-based Pallet, is considered a strong contender. Other attempts to move Anchorage's homeless population have been tried as well. The Bronson administration directed the homeless population to live in a campground in the eastern part of the city after the closure of a shelter.
Assemblyman Felix Rivera sponsored what he regarded as a more"politically realistic proposal," which he said amounts to"baby steps that will allow us to stand something up that is realistic, feasible and timely."
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