Talk of Alaska

Filling statewide housing gaps

Alaska Public Media | By Anne Hillman

Published October 27, 2017 at 9:00 PM AKDT

Part of the Anchorage Plan to End Homelessness includes an open data portal with things like heat maps showing where many homeless camps are reported to be. (Courtesy of Nancy Burke.)

Alaska has a housing shortage, and it's hard for many of the state's most vulnerable residents to find secure, stable places to live. Different organizations around Alaska are coming together to try to fill the gap, but it's going to require new types of collaboration.

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HOST: Anne Hillman

GUESTS:

Michele Brown - President and CEO, United Way Anchorage

Sezy Gerow-Hanson - Director of Public and Resident Relations, Cook Inlet Housing

Brian Wilson - Director, Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness

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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.

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