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City data shows shelters at capacity; officials say third ERA tranche and Home ARP funds will be used to move people into housing
Summary
Coalition data presented to Anchorage Municipality shows most people experiencing homelessness are in shelters or transitional housing, with 46% meeting chronic homelessness definitions in December. City staff said they can draw a third tranche of Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) and will pair it with Home ARP funds to speed exits to housing.
Miss Parks, a staff member who presented the Coalition's monthly data snapshot, told the Anchorage Municipality committee that most people counted in the system are in shelter or transitional housing and that shelters are running at or near capacity.
“The shelters run at capacity,” Miss Parks said. She outlined the data method used by the continuum of care: start with last month’s total, then add inflow (new to the system, returns from housing, and returns from inactivity) and subtract outflow (exits to housing or exits to inactivity).
Why it matters: A high shelter census with slow exits to permanent housing keeps system capacity constrained and raises the number of people who must rely on temporary shelter. Miss Parks and other staff said…
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