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Coalition reports 2,256 unique individuals used municipally run cold-weather shelters in 2024–25; median stay 22 days
Summary
Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness presented detailed 2024–25 winter-shelter data: 532 beds at five sites, 2,256 unique individuals served, median length of stay 22 days, and 849 people experiencing homelessness a year or longer.
Jessica Parks, interim executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness, presented the coalition’s analysis of the 2024–25 winter shelter season to the Assembly committee on Sept. 17.
Parks said the review covered the period from the opening of the first cold-weather shelter in 2024 through June 30, 2025. She reported five shelters operated during the season with a combined 532 beds, and 2,256 unique individuals used those municipally operated sites. The majority arrived from “places not meant for human habitation” (sleeping…
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