A project to build a 150-person shelter and navigation center in East Anchorage is currently estimated to be finished at the end of January, according to officials in Mayor Bronson’s administration.
to shelter or house people at Centennial and others living unsheltered before winter hits.
In the mayor’s veto, the administration said that the city is disqualified from FEMA reimbursement for the costs because there is no state or local COVID-19 health emergency. Regardless of the final funding source, the many people now staying at the Aviator will need housing or other shelter options come the end of September.East Anchorage navigation center and shelter
When the Assembly approved $6.2 million in funding for the navigation center, it made the money contingent on the administration’s commitment to make a “good faith effort” to convert the city-owned Golden Lion into a substance misuse treatment center.
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