A City in Alaska is Housing its Homeless – Which Makes It Possibly The ‘Nicest Place’ in America

[Robert59]

Anchorage, Alaska was nominated as one of 50 finalists in the Reader’s Digest “50 Nicest Places in America” contest for 2020. A crowd-sourced effort to uncover places in all 50 states where kindness and generosity are reigning supreme amidst a climate of coronavirus and cultural upheaval, you can now vote for your favorite ‘Nicest Place’ by visiting the Reader’s Digest website.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/anchorage-alaska-is-housing-its-homeless-2020-nicest-place-contest/

 

[mlh]

Anchorage, Alaska was nominated as one of 50 finalists in the Reader’s Digest “50 Nicest Places in America” contest for 2020. A crowd-sourced effort to uncover places in all 50 states where kindness and generosity are reigning supreme amidst a climate of coronavirus and cultural upheaval, you can now vote for your favorite ‘Nicest Place’ by visiting the Reader’s Digest website.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/anchorage-alaska-is-housing-its-homeless-2020-nicest-place-contest/

i would think it would be too cold to be homeless in alaska.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I think that housing for the homeless is available in most American cities.

In my city, we have a range of options from one night up to five years. Most of the long term transitional housing requires the resident to pay approx. 30% of their income towards the monthly rent.

The issue seems to be that many homeless people are not capable of or choose not to abide by the rules and responsibilities that come with free or subsidized housing.

 

[Tommy]

A little story ...

When I lived in Anchorage back in the 80s the number of moose killed by vehicles on the roads was impressive. An Alaskan moose is a very large animal and it was felt that it was a shame to waste that much perfectly good meat. To address this the city (or perhaps the state) maintained a list of volunteers who were qualified to dress out a moose. When there was a road kill, they would go through the list and find someone to take care of the carcass.

The deal was that the volunteer got to keep half of the meat, the hide, and the head while the other half of the meat went to a local soup kitchen. It was a real win/win/win approach.

 

[Gaer]

Anchorage is "close"to Alaska, meaning it's more like the old Seattle (before the crazies).
I LOVE Alaska! These are the nicest,kindest people on Earth!
If you pull off the road to check something on your vehicle, you'll have a dozen people stop to ask what's wrong and how can they help!
When you get up around Barrows or Fairbanks, It will get COLD! but around Anchorage isn't any colder than Montana, the Dakotas, IMO.
Aw! Just thinking about Alaska makes me want to move back there!

 

[Aneeda72]

I think that housing for the homeless is available in most American cities.

In my city, we have a range of options from one night up to five years. Most of the long term transitional housing requires the resident to pay approx. 30% of their income towards the monthly rent.

The issue seems to be that many homeless people are not capable of or choose not to abide by the rules and responsibilities that come with free or subsidized housing.

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Same here.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Aunt Bee & Aneeda, we do you live? Seriously, In Northeastern PA, getting assistance for housing exist ON PAPER. But in reality, you have to be below "destitute" to qualify. You need to spend over 50% of your income on rent. Can't have a criminal record. What housing does exist is totally inadequate for the number of applicants. You can qualify, but if there' no housing available...... I have known people, who qualified ,but were put on a list, and maybe in 2 or 3 years. they might get a place. The assistance is not paid to the applicant, but to the landlord, who has to comply with multiple rules and regulations, which most landlords refuse. And "assistance" can be $10 a month, too.