Sullivan Arena not preferred option at Housing and Homelessness Committee meeting:
At Wednesday’s Housing and Homelessness Committee meeting the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness said they expect somewhere in the neighborhood of 450 people to be in need of housing this winter.
At the meeting, Assembly members and city staff said their preferred option for the Emergency Cold Weather Shelter Plan is to expand their network of non-congregate options, such as hotels and churches. The committee asked municipality staff if any hotels, churches, or previous shelters have responded to staff’s request to be part of this upcoming shelter network this winter, and they said no, but committee Chair Felix Rivera said he wasn’t worried as it is still early.
“Unfortunately the Sullivan has become sort of a de facto default mass shelter, an easy go-to, and not the last resort. I think that paradigm has changed based on today’s conversation. I’m encouraged by that,” Assembly member Daniel Volland said.
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