The solution may lie in determining whose responsibility it is to step in and help. However, finding that answer is not always easy, and may depend upon who is asked.
Safety ambassadors employed by the Anchorage Downtown Partnership work with people who are unsheltered and have no place to sleep but on the streets or under the awnings of nearby businesses. The partnership is funded by downtown business owners in Anchorage who want to ensure the streets are clear for tourists and pedestrians, while providing homeless residents with resources that may help their situation.
“A lot of blankets being thrown away out here. Yup, every time they get up,” Gilkey said. “Needles, broken pipes, tin foil, all kinds of stuff out here.” Kemplen represents the residents of Fairview, where the Sullivan Arena is located. The arena serves as the city’s main winter emergency shelter. Kemplen says Fairview residents are frustrated and feel the homeless situation in their neighborhood is out of control.
“People, they forgot to lock their doors and, you know, someone’s in their house and they turned around and said, ‘what’s that sound? And there’s somebody, a stranger,” Kemplen said. “The frustration from the neighbors is that; ‘why, why are we doing this to ourselves?’”
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