When Juneau’s homeless shelter limited day services this summer, a group of churches mobilized to fill the gap by distributing hot meals in a food truck downtown.
Housing
Who benefits and who loses if Juneau caps its mill rate after this election?
Proposition 1 seeks to cap the rate the city uses to determine how much residents pay in property taxes each year.
Telephone Hill renters pack up belongings and memories ahead of eviction
The City and Borough of Juneau has given residents until Oct. 1 to vacate the neighborhood to make way for affordable housing.
As eviction of Telephone Hill residents nears, protesters ask Juneau Assembly to delay
The City and Borough of Juneau plans to evict all residents of the historic downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood by Oct. 1 in order to clear the area for newer, denser housing.
Juneau Assembly kills ordinance that would have made it easier to arrest people without housing
The city’s Systemic Racism Review Committee considered the ordinance earlier this month and formally asked the Assembly to reject it. They cited concerns that the change would disproportionately impact marginalized communities and could be discriminatory.
Juneau’s homeless shelter reduces services amid ‘chaos’ and safety concerns
The shelter has seen an increase in homeless people camping nearby compared to other years. Shelter officials say the reduction may cut down on campers – and chaos.