This is an unfortunate situation for Ms. Somerville. 
There are many other houses in Anc that have been taken over by squatters after the death of the property owner. In 2.5 years, squatters moved into the house next door after the owner died. The first squatter claimed to be the new owner by inheritance. Soon these squatters stole all of the furniture inside along with the washer/dryer and moved to the Valley. But wanting to steal even more, they rented the house to a series of 20 homeless people & returned monthly for rent payments. There was no electricity, gas, water/sewer or garbage service at the house. Now the area smells like urine; there's a large assortment of bottles, juice containers, milk cartons on the front porch/elsewhere filled with urine. We recorded license plates of vehicles involved in apparent drug sales/fencing operations; APD didn't care. House is trashed. Lawn not mowed. Firetrap. Some squatters were on welfare. 
We've been thru Hell. Mayor B won't talk to us!