Anchorage will not fully close its emergency shelter in Sullivan Arena at the end of April and instead will cut its capacity from 360 to 90 people through May.
People congregate outside the main door of the Sullivan Arena mass care shelter on Friday, April 14, 2023 in Anchorage. The arena has been used as a shelter for people experiencing homelessness since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and over 400 people stayed in the shelter and warming area on Monday, the most recent date that data was available.
The city first repurposed the arena in early 2020 to shelter homeless residents when the pandemic caused private shelters to drastically cut capacities. It was closed for a period last year while the city directed homeless residents to Centennial Campground in East Anchorage but was reopened as a shelter for winter.
When it closes, about 174 people will be at “significant risk,” according to an assessment sent to Assembly members this week by Restorative Reentry Services, the contractor the Assembly hired to provide third-party oversight of shelters and help in guiding their closure. “So what happens between now and May 1 at 12 noon? Good question. RRS has helped to organize providers into what they are calling a ‘war room’ at the Sullivan, to really go through the list each and every day to see what resources can be brought to bear to help folks transition out of the Sullivan -- although this should have been happening for months,” Rivera said. “The decision we are making today is really providing a kick in the ass to get the job done.
“Housing is the solution to homelessness and as much as possible, we should be funding opportunities like this. This investment will help with the transition out of emergency shelter, provide a bump in the number of low-income housing units that are in our community to meet the total 2,400 units that we know we need,” Rivera said.
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