U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge is visiting Anchorage, brainstorming with state and local leaders on how to improve Alaska’s statewide housing crisis. The group met Thursday at Covenant House for a roundtable discussion on the topic.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge visited Anchorage this week. On Thursday she met with state and local leaders to brainstorm how to improve Alaska’s statewide housing crisis. The group met Thursday at Covenant House for a roundtable discussion on the topic.
The group identified access to federal funding as one of the biggest barriers Alaska is facing when it comes to overcoming the housing and homelessness crisis. “So the reality is our friends in Houston — which want them to maintain being the beacon in America for how to resolve the homeless crisis — is that they receive $45 to $47 million a year to their Continuum of Care, where Anchorage receives $4 million,” Constant said.
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