“We’ve already had a few (homeless) people come and ask about space here,” said Luke Vroman, deputy director of Juneau's Glory Hall homeless shelter. “And what we tell them is we’re very full, but we’ll do what we can.”
The City and Borough of Juneau closed the Mill Campground on Saturday.
David lived at the campground with his girlfriend. KTOO isn’t using his last name because of the stigma attached to homelessness. He said up to 40 people lived there this summer.He said he knew the closure was coming, but he doesn’t have a plan for where to stay next. Other housing solutions like Juneau’s shelter, The Glory Hall, and the Housing First complex in Lemon Creek don’t work for him — too crowded, he said.
On Monday, he was on site cleaning up leftover tarps and other belongings that people didn’t take along when they moved out. He said the city only leases the campground for the summer because the rest of the year it’s too difficult to manage. Plus, he said, it’s dangerous.
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