Helping Anchorage’s vulnerable population this winter will be a focus of the Anchorage Assembly at Tuesday’s meeting.
A group of Assembly members plan on introducing a package of legislation aimed at addressing the cost associated with the emergency cold weather shelter plan and housing investments this winter.
Another resolution being discussed plans to pull roughly $2.4 million in unused American Rescue Plan Act funds to fund winter sheltering costs, and an additional $3.2 million will be dedicated to funding emergency sheltering and housing investments through the Anchorage Health Department. The latter funds were previously dedicated to the shelter and navigation center project.
“Next week at the Housing and Homelessness Committee, the health department is going to be presenting the current work that is being done so that we know everything is on track,” Rivera said.Assembly member Randy Sulte said he wishes the Assembly had funded Mayor Dave Bronson’s proposed adult shelter and navigation center at Tudor and Elmore. The Assembly killed funding for the project last month.
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