Bronson's plan includes using up to 20 portable buildings to house people.
September 2, 2022
Frustrated Assembly members moved to create a community task force last month to come up with a winter sheltering plan — in the absence of one from Bronson. “We are primed and ready to have conversations with the administration about their ideas,” Rivera said. “We were just waiting for them to come to us with those ideas. So now that they have, I’m hoping to work in a very collaborative manner with them.”
Officials say each building could house between 10 and 12 people. The plan does not say where the buildings would go. The administration said it’s getting the buildings for free from a community partner. Other parts of the plan include providing grants to community nonprofits and churches to house people, as well as extending operations at the non-congregate shelter at the Aviator Hotel downtown to the end of the year. Bronson officials say they anticipate the city’s new shelter and navigation center in East Anchorage will be able to start housing people on Nov. 21 before it’s fully constructed in February.
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