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Willow Commons stays full in its first six months, health department says

“we didn't have operating funds to add another 32 transitional living units to our inventory”

East 56 shelter will reach 200 beds by Nov. 30, a month earlier than last year

Anchorage Assembly members draft an ordinance to restrict concentrated kratom products

“that creates that sort of precedent and momentum for state-level action”

Anchorage opioid overdose calls down 10%, fire department says

“whether they're housed or unhoused.”

Anchorage ordinance would drop 45-degree shelter trigger, raise site cap to 200

“Right now, our shelter providers are reporting, like, this was just a couple weekends ago, 85 turnaways.”

Anchorage's camping ordinance produces plenty of compliance — but few people taking services, and homelessness still visible

“The first step in the process is outreach and outreach is multidisciplinary outreach team. There's only one officer on that.”

Anchorage homeless residents tell Assembly: shelters worse than jail

True North dropped crisis services from Fairview plan after months of pushback

A Pacific Islander nonprofit told an Anchorage homelessness commission its housing assistance program is over-subscribed — and asked for city funding to expand it

Cold-injury hospitalizations rose among Alaska's unhoused over the past decade, state finds

“gives us kind of an estimate, like, on average over that period of time, how many months and weeks we are going to experience temperatures that are at a certain risk level for people”

Anchorage sees 28% drop in unsheltered homelessness as shelters reach capacity

“Right now, our shelter providers are reporting, like, this was just a couple weekends ago, 85 turnaways. Those are duplicated, so I think you could say if somebody tried our two congregate shelters, maybe 40 turnaways, but that's quite a lot in early May.”

True North Recovery proposes Fairview behavioral health center