News and Updates
Stay informed about the latest developments in our efforts to end homelessness in Anchorage. Here, you'll find updates on our programs, community initiatives, success stories, and ways you can get involved. Together, we can create lasting change and provide stable housing solutions for all. Visit regularly or subscribe to our monthly newsletter to see how we are making a difference and how you can contribute to our mission.
Why property owners take a chance on our unhoused neighbors
Thao and her husband, Cory Detty, are among 15 landlords partnering with the Next Step housing collaboration led by the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness. They say the program is working because it supports clients and property owners.
Next Step outdoors: ‘We’re all moving up’
Through the Next Step housing collaboration, a veteran is finally housed and making use of benefits to which he’s been entitled all along.
ACEH keeps focus on housing as answer to homelessness
Today’s Supreme Court ruling in the City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson is disappointing but will not change the work of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness to provide needed supports for basic needs of our unsheltered neighbors.
Big steps for our unsheltered neighbors
Dozens of people living outdoors in Anchorage are getting a chance to transition from encampments directly to housing.
Together, we did it!
We started Next Step as a pilot to prove the concept of how working together, we could successfully house our neighbors coming out of homelessness.
‘Making a life change’
Graceful Touch, a new and growing social services agency, is a key partner in the Coalition’s Next Step collaborative housing program.
Halfway there!
Henning, Inc. is making a huge impact by connecting people to housing and supports through Next Step!
Exciting News from Next Step Initiative!
We are thrilled to announce that 15 more neighbors have taken a monumental step on their journey to stability and independence, bringing the total to 50!
BIG NEWS from the Next Step pilot!
We are THRILLED to announce that 12 more community members have been welcomed into their own homes!
A big STEP forward
Thank you, Anchorage Assembly, for approving $1.5 million toward the community’s Next Step initiative. We appreciate your support!
Cooking in a new home.
An Anchorage woman went from living in her car in a friend's driveway to her own apartment. She feels safe.
An artistic touch at a new home!
A resident of the Barratt Inn apartments displayed this Christmas tree for all to enjoy.
See the progress! 17/150 people have been housed through the Next Step pilot.
See the progress! 17/150 people have been housed through the Next Step pilot.
Thank you, Houston!
We so appreciate our visitors from Houston, Texas, sharing expertise, strategies and successes in addressing homelessness
The NEXT STEP
Join the community conversation as we discuss the NEXT STEP in homelessness response.