As the wintry weather is making it dangerous for people experiencing homelessness in Anchorage, the municipality is encouraging people to fill the vacant spaces at the Solid Waste Services shelter.
Every person Alaska’s News Source spoke with on Tuesday at Cuddy Park did not want to go on camera, but all shared a sentiment of being unhappy with the conditions outside and some said the cold is starting to get to them. A few of the campers shared that they were open to moving into a shelter.
Johnson maintains the municipality will continue outreach for people living in encampments, but they will not provide additional sites or warming centers until the converted SWS building is full. “I see just a whole lot of hurt people, people that are suffering, and I don’t think a lot of people know, you know what I mean? There’s a lack of food, lack of resources,” said Bryan Crowley, an Anchorage resident who was passing through the encampment.
Several miles across town at the SWS shelter, black and yellow storage containers sat amongst rows and rows of green cots recently assigned to those who have come in from the cold.
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