‘Better than no housing at all’: A notorious Anchorage hotel offers temporary refuge

A room of the Black Angus Inn on Gambell Street in Anchorage on Oct. 19. (Marc Lester / ADN) This story has been made free to access as a public service. This story was reported, and made available without a subscription, with support from the Alaska Community Foundation. If you’d like to help us continue expanding local news coverage and access to essential information, you can subscribe or make a tax-deductible donation to ADN. A yellow cab idled at the entrance of the Black Angus Inn in Anchorage’s Fairview neighborhood. One of the cab’s doors opened and a mother with three of her six children spilled out into the fall sunshine on a bright October day.The family juggled cardboard trays of McDonald’s burgers, chicken nuggets, fries and sodas. A hotel worker scurried to hold the door open and help carry the food inside.The woman, who didn’t want her name shared publicly, said her family came to Anchorage from Samoa to care for her mother, who was in failing health.

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