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ACEH is thankful for partners like Downtown Hope Center for collaborating to prepare and deliver meals to those experiencing unsheltered homelessness. During high fire danger conditions, meal delivery helps minimize the risk of cooking fires. Thank you @DSKHopeCenter! 💞 #AnchorageCares #EndHomelessnessAK #CommunityPartners #DowntownHopeCenter #FireSafety

📣 Anchorage Housing Choice Voucher Waitlist Opens April 1 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation will open the voucher waitlist from 8 a.m. April 1 to 1 p.m. April 30, 2025. Visit www.ahfc.us to learn more and apply. This program helps eligible families rent private-market homes by covering a portion of rent paid directly to landlords. It covers the Municipality of Anchorage, which includes communities from Girdwood to Eklutna. #AHFC #AnchorageHousing #HousingHelpAK #HousingChoiceVoucher #RentalAssistance #AlaskaHousing

What would you ask someone experiencing homelessness about the help they are offered? Share your questions here: aceh.org/ask-to-understand Link in bio! https://form.jotform.com/250835212835051

For every 100 Alaska families with an extremely low income, there are 36 affordable AND available rental homes. In other Western states, plus Texas and Florida, things are even worse. A new national report underscores the magnitude of need we recently witnessed when more than 1,300 Anchorage households applied for emergency rental assistance. The funds in hand could cover only about 20. Learn more about the gap between affordable, available housing and the scale of need: https://nlihc.org/gap #HousingAlaskans #AnchorageHousingEmergency #HousingGap

"There are really three barriers to going to shelter: possessions, pets, and people." — Meg Zaletel, executive director, Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness Anchorage is doing better on the people front, with shelters providing ways for families and couples to stay together. We are doing better with pets, too, though more options are needed, Meg says. Possessions present the real dilemma. Because to go into a shelter, a person generally must fit all they have into two totes or leave it behind. Listen to Meg's insights on the two-tote problem and the system as a whole presented at last week's Summit on Anchorage's Coordinated Response to Homelessness: https://www.youtube.com/live/n9o1CzWDKVc?si=oixSehF7EG2pFdgs&t=2520 #TwoToteRule #AnchorageHomelessnessResponse

To our community, We extend our heartfelt thanks to all who joined us at this week’s Summit on Anchorage’s Coordinated Response to Homelessness. Over two days, we kept the conversation person-centered to better serve our neighbors. Read more: https://www.aceh.org/news/dear-anchorage-thank-you #SolvingHomelessnessANC #CollaborationAndPartnership

Our community shows up! Thank you for an awesome Day 1 at Summit: Anchorage's Coordinated Response to Homelessness. We kept people in the center of the conversation all day. One of many highlights: a panel discussion with youth who have experienced homelessness. Watch it back and catch today's event on YouTube @MOAMeetings. #AnchorageCoordinatedResponsetoHomelessness.

What a great first day at the Summit: Anchorage's Coordinated Response to Homelessness! Thank you to all who showed up and took part! Registration is full for Day 2 on Friday but please follow along on the YouTube livestream @MOAMeetings. GREAT sessions! Thank you to Tara Loyd, a community member who took a moment share about her experience.

Today at 9:30! Join us for a window into Anchorage’s Coordinated Response to Homelessness, a two-day live conference featuring in-depth discussions on the progress, challenges, and strategies shaping our community’s response to homelessness. 📍 Watch live now on our Facebook page @anchoragehomeless (link in bio) 📅 Dates: March 20 & 21, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (both days) 📢 Hosted by: The Municipality of Anchorage, Assembly Housing & Homelessness Committee, and the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness This event is open to the public—tune in, ask questions, and be part of the conversation. Let’s work together for real solutions. 💙🏡 #Anchorage #EndHomelessness #HousingSolutions #CommunityAction #AnchorageLive

Our housing emergency Soaring rents, stagnant wages and limited affordable housing means many of our Anchorage neighbors can't afford even the most basic place to live. A recent rental assistance opportunity revealed that more than 1,000 Anchorage households are at risk of losing their housing. As a community, let's come together to support the proven answers of rental and rapid rehousing assistance. Read Executive Director Meg Zaletel's recent op-ed: https://www.adn.com/opinions/2025/03/15/opinion-affordable-housing-emergency-threatens-stability-of-over-1000-households-in-anchorage/

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Homelessness in Anchorage: December data report

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Trump grant freeze: Immediate impact on the most vulnerable people in our community

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AmeriCorps members are here for community

At ACEH, our AmeriCorps volunteers are getting right to it, helping with street outreach, walk-in clients and later this month, the Point-in-Time Count of individuals experiencing homelessness.

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Homelessness in Anchorage: November 2024 data

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Congratulations to outstanding 2024 volunteers and partners

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Current state of homelessness in Anchorage: October 2024 data

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Project Homeless Connect provides key connections for unhoused neighbors

More than 450 people were served at Project Homeless Connet 2024. Many of them were living unsheltered as winter began to set in.

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Our community seeks $5 million from HUD

Our community is seeking $5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for 14 new and renewal projects to serve those experiencing homelessness.

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AWAIC provides a path to housing

For more than 20 years, Anchorage’s main shelter serving domestic violence survivors also has not only provided safety in the moment, but has helped clients transition to stable housing.

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Partnership ensures the most vulnerable people are sheltered

In the first week after Anchorage’s early, record-breaking October snowfall, 200 beds of emergency shelter were filled.

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Next Step: How to help our neighbors

We are past the halfway mark toward our goal of housing 150 of our neighbors this winter and spring through Next Step, a collaborative pilot project in our community.

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