The number of homeless people sleeping outdoors in Anchorage dropped significantly this year. That’s according to the annual Point In Time count, a study that attempts to count every unhoused person across the United States on a single night in January.
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says her team has been focused on reducing the number of people who are unsheltered.
In 2025, the city cleared homeless camps and passed a new law that makes it a crime to camp in some parts of Anchorage. The city expanded outreach and crisis response, opened a new homeless shelter and increased the number of year-round beds…