Anchorage, population 300,000, has 40% of the state’s population but 65% of Alaska’s homeless population, Bronson said, adding that the city has spent $161 million on the homeless crisis since 2020.
Anchorage scrambles to find enough housing for the homeless before the Alaska winter sets in
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Bronson said he prefers to spend a few hundred dollars per person for a plane ticket rather than spending about $100 daily to shelter and feed them.
Anchorage homeless face cold and bears. A plan to offer one-way airfare out reveals a bigger crisis
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