At its regular Tuesday meeting, the Anchorage Assembly is slated to approve over $1.4 million in additional funding to support ongoing shelter operations and services for individuals who are without shelter. The expenditures are outlined in a series of Assembly Memorandums and represent a continuation of the city’s broader efforts to underwrite and expand shelter capacity amid a crisis in vagrancy and substance abuse addiction that has made Anchorage a daunting place for others to live and work.
The proposed allocations include the following:
- $730,000 to Catholic Social Services for continued operations of the Brother Francis Shelter (AM 387-2025). This amendment to the existing grant agreement with the Municipality of Anchorage and the Anchorage Health Department (AHD) would support one of the city’s central emergency shelter facilities.
- $50,000 to Restorative & Reentry Services, LLC for professional third-party oversight of emergency cold weather shelters operated by the municipality (AM 404-2025). This contract aims to ensure accountability and quality in the delivery of shelter services during the harsh winter months.
- $1,144,847 to Habitat for Humanity Anchorage for property acquisition to be used by the Municipality and the Anchorage Health Department (AM 407-2025). This investment is intended to expand long-term shelter or transitional housing capacity.
- $265,710 to MASH Property Management LLC for non-congregate shelter services (AM 413-2025), replacing services previously anticipated to be provided by Henning, Inc.
These proposed allocations follow several other significant expenditures by the city in 2025 focused on addressing homelessness. In previous months, the Assembly approved:
- $1.5 million in operational support to expand non-congregate shelter options in early February.
- $3.2 million for transitional housing development and support services allocated in March, which included funding partnerships with local nonprofits and behavioral health providers.
- $500,000 to the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness for data coordination and client services, approved in April.
The Assembly meeting will take place starting at 5 pm the Loussac Library Assembly Chambers on Tuesday.
Here are the appropriations and their links on the agenda:…