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  • Anchorage church to offer tiny homes to unhoused seniors

    Betty Hertz, For Senior Voice|Aug 1, 2024

    NIMBY, Not in My Backyard. These angry words have created barriers for those needing help finding safe housing and obtaining other basic needs. Central Lutheran Church in Anchorage reframed NIMBY and created a nonprofit organization, In Our Backyard (IOB). The mission is to provide safe, interim homes and connections to support services for our unhoused senior neighbors as they work to obtain permanent homes. In Our Backyard Board Chair Julie Green-Graham shared, “Each time the Sullivan Arena closed, members of Central Lutheran Church asked, h...

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