A new round of federal funding is headed to Tucson for a project to equip mobile homes for climate change.
The city is receiving $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Officials say the grant is the latest step in a 2012 city housing plan that identified mobile homes as the single-most affordable type of housing.
A 2019 study from the University of Arizona found roughly 10% of Tucson residents live in mobile homes — about double the rate in Phoenix. But those structures can be prohibitively expensive to cool down and they aren’t well equipped to handle rising temperatures due to climate change.
The funding will be used to revamp or replace mobile homes with more climate resilient models, and provide utility assistance to low and middle income occupants.
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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero says the $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will address urgent housing challenges in the city. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says she’s investigating multiple complaints that landlords are still charging tenants a rental tax, despite a new law banning cities and towns from levying it. -
Lawmakers are back at the state Capitol and a new legislative session has begun, with an emboldened GOP in control of both chambers — and up against a Democratic governor. -
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Monday that she wants to extend tax breaks for developers who create affordable housing, and the plan may get bipartisan support. -
Scottsdale’s new mayor will take the oath of office Tuesday. Observers say the city’s new government will likely be more conservative than the previous one.
