After closure of the city’s emergency mass shelter recently, Anchorage Downtown Partnership employees are finding more people sleeping outdoors.
Is Anchorage’s sanctioned campground part of homeless response? Bronson officials say no, creating gap in responsibilityIt didn’t take long for the chaos in the city’s homeless population to ripple into downtown’s fragile recovery. The last few weeks, there have been more homeless on the streets than ambassadors have seen in years, occasionally outnumbering tourists. More new faces show up every day.
Haviland approached a woman sleeping under a nearby awning, speaking softly. She nodded, stretched and gathered her purse. Most interactions go that way: people wake up and move along. Many are either intoxicated or mentally ill. Lots have health problems and disabilities. Both the men have been assaulted over the last few years. Haviland had his glasses broken by a man who appeared to be psychotic. Gilkey got punched while doing a wake-up. Their colleagues have faced knives and machetes. A couple have found bodies. One interrupted a suicidal person on the Government Hill bridge.
“You need help?” Gilkey asked. She opened her eyes and blinked vacantly. A semitruck roared by. Gotta wake up, said Haviland. Tourists coming, Gilkey said. They’d come around in a few minutes to check on her.
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