Funding is going to be the No. 1 obstacle for getting people dealing with housing insecurity housed this winter season, according to the Anchorage Health Department.
During a meeting Wednesday with the Anchorage Assembly, the health department told Assembly members that the municipality will have to look at one-time funding to fund the 2023-2024 emergency cold weather shelter plan.
“Which means they’ll make plans for themselves, or they will continue to camp and go unsheltered over winter. So our plan is 400 people going into the season,” Johnson said. “Two of the providers are historic providers of non-congregate shelter that have provided shelter over the winter. We had one new respondent that is not historic. We haven’t worked with them, but they do have a hotel that they’re willing to shelter people through winter. Then the last one is a new private entity. It’s just a family that owns 35 rental units that they were going to renovate and so they’re willing to hold off on renovation to shelter 35 individuals or families,” Johnson said.
“I’m not nervous, I’m not stressed. Not at all. Because what I heard today is that we pretty much today have the number of hotels to meet that need. In the next couple of weeks, maybe we will get one or two more to meet 100% of the need. And then after that, we’re going to try to get providers, because it’s half of the equation, right? Half of it is the space and then the other half is who’s going to actually run the rooms.
Furthermore, Johnson thinks the municipality will be covered this year if all of the funding that was presented is made available. But going into next year, it’s going to be a struggle with some funding unless new funding streams become available, Johnson said. The health department also mentioned code changes for fire sprinkler systems, food safety, and then possible insurance requirements that can sometimes be seen as barriers for shelters. Johnson brought up that the sobriety requirement under AMC.16.120 prevents churches from operating as low-barrier shelters.
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