2023 Alaska Housing and Homelessness Virtual Advocacy Day

The 2023 Alaska Housing and Homelessness Virtual Advocacy Day will be a one-day virtual event convening agencies and advocates from communities across the state to share the positive impacts of existing housing and service programs as well as share with elected officials the specific needs in their region.
In addition to advocacy efforts, attendees will hear from coalition staff on the status of housing and homelessness across Alaska, receive updates on the Housing Alaskans: A Public-Private Partnership (HAPPP), and learn about how the state budgeting process may impact housing programs in Alaska.

Check the Advocacy Day website for updates to the agenda, materials, and opportunities to participate.


Event Registration

Registration for virtual advocacy day is free! We do ask that everyone planning to attend complete the online Advocacy Day Registration form in order to receive the event link, advocacy materials, and other relevant information.


Help Spread the Word!

We appreciate you helping us increase the effectiveness of our statewide housing and homelessness campaign! If you manage a local email listserv of agencies or advocates in your community, please forward on this email!


Event Sponsorship

Event sponsorship and donations are much appreciated. If you would like to sponsor this event, please contact us at: [email protected].

Golden Lion Hotel renovations nearing completion

The city-owned Golden Lion Hotel, once slated for a treatment center, is undergoing renovations to become low-income housing.

A tour of the facility on Monday showed the 85 rooms look almost move-in ready, down to the linen that is still on some of the beds left there since the city took possession of the building in December of 2020.

“The people who owned it before, they just left everything and so basically, we have a hotel with everything in it,” said Lance Wilber, Director of Economic and Community Development for the city. Continue reading...

March 16, 2023!

Victims' Rights & Restorative Justice Symposium

Reimagining Interim Housing: Transforming our Approaches to Sheltering People

The guidance and recommendations of people with lived expertise of homelessness, and the lessons learned throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, make it clear that we must create and seize opportunities to transform our approaches to sheltering people experiencing homelessness. The Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response partners have been implementing a Reimagining Interim Housing project to support communities to pursue such transformation and are now releasing two new documents to help shape and inform communities' efforts: View here...

Stella Modeling (Stella M)

Continuum of Care (CoC) and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) recipients, persons with lived experience and expertise of homelessness, and other partners in the homeless response system are invited to join us for Stella M Office Hours. This Webinar will include a review of the key concepts of System Modeling with Stella M and available support products, and provide ample opportunity for questions and live demonstration of Stella M. This Webinar will build on the material in the December Introducing System Modeling with Stella M webinars as well as the Stella M Demonstration on the January HMIS Lead and System Administrator webinar. Reviewing those materials prior to the Office Hours is highly recommended.   
The same content will be offered twice to increase opportunities for communities to participate. The Webinar will also be recorded and published on the HUD Exchange. 

Date and Time:  
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 12:00 PM | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) 
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 3:00 PM | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) 

Training Objectives 

1. Be familiar with the key steps of system modeling and the System Modeling Toolkit 
2. Improve their understanding of Stella M functioning and how it could help with system modeling 

Who Should Attend? 

This webinar is intended for Continuum of Care (CoC) and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) recipients, persons with lived experience and expertise of homelessness, and other partners in the homeless response system who are interested in learning more about system modeling and Stella Modeling (Stella M). Please share the opportunity with your local partners. 
 

Join Office Hours 

Stella Modeling Office Hours 1: 

Date and time: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 12:00 PM | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) 
Join link: https://abtassociates.webex.com/abtassociates/j.php?MTID=mac344593e78603a5bff3fe449fcda863 
Webinar number:2428 922 8459 
Webinar password: Stella (783552 from phones) 
Join by phone: +1-855-797-9485 US Toll free ; +1-415-655-0002 US Toll 
Access code: 242 892 28459 
  
Stella Modeling Office Hours 2: 

Date and time: Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:00 PM | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) 
Join link: https://abtassociates.webex.com/abtassociates/j.php?MTID=mbb53e789e083719150ae1af341446f0c 
Webinar number: 2438 215 3708 
Webinar password: Stella (783552 from phones) 
Join by phone: +1-855-797-9485 US Toll free; +1-415-655-0002 US Toll 
Access code: 243 821 53708 

Virtual Registration Now Open for NLIHC’s 2023 Housing Policy Forum!

Virtual registration has opened for NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023: Onward to Housing Justice, taking place on March 21-23 at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, D.C.
 
Register TODAY to attend NLIHC’s 2023 Housing Policy Forum virtually or in person!

Those attending the 2023 Housing Policy Forum virtually will be able to access the Forum’s plenary sessions, including two keynote addresses – one by renowned scholar and social activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and the other by acclaimed sociologist and author Matthew Desmond – as well as discussions with Congresswoman and Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson about the path forward for ensuring tenant protections and affordable housing for those most in need in America.

Please note: virtual attendees will be able to attend plenary sessions only. To also attend breakout sessions, workshops, and other non-plenary events, please register to attend the Forum in person.

Learn more about the plenary sessions at the 2023 Forum by exploring the agenda, and then register to attend the 2023 Housing Policy Forum virtually or in person!