According to the Municipality of Anchorage, the decompression process of the city’s three temporary cold-weather emergency shelters starts next month. All three of Anchorage’s shelters will be closed by May 31.
Starting in early April, according to the Municipality of Anchorage, the city’s emergency cold weather shelters will start decompressing.According to Municipality of Anchorage leaders, the decompression process of the city’s three makeshift cold-weather emergency shelters starts next month. All three of the shelters will be closed by May 31.
Without a year-round shelter in Anchorage, the coming closures pose a regrettable situation for the municipality’s housing and homeless coordinator. “There is 900 people that ... are going to go outside on June 1 and that’s a scary thought,” Alexis Johnson said. “Not just for unsheltered residents but sheltered residents, people of our community. So we’re always going to advocate for a year-round shelter and shelter that can continue to keep 900 people warm and taken care of.”
The decompression process comes after a winter season which often saw shelters at full capacity, according to Johnson. Right now, she says, all 574 shelter beds are filled.The Aviator — over twice the size of its counterpart in Spenard — will start to empty in early April. Meanwhile, the Alex Hotel will continue to shelter 100 people through the end of May, Johnson said.
Johnson said she hopes the city will somehow receive state funding to keep the CWS open through the summer.
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