Lawsuits and the U.S. Justice Department have forced Phoenix to re-evaluate how to confront the issue of homelessness.
On Wednesday, officials plan to celebrate the grand opening of an expanded shelter facility.
Phoenix created an office about two years ago to work on solutions for homelessness. An accomplishment city officials tout is adding more shelter space.
Mayor Kate Gallego and other city leaders are scheduled to mark the addition of nearly 100 shelter beds at the headquarters of UMOM New Day Centers.
City officials say Phoenix financed the transformation of office space there into rooms for families with nowhere else to live.
The Justice Department said in June that Phoenix is the first city where investigators have found abuses of the civil and constitutional rights of homeless people.
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Efforts to protect Arizonans from extreme heat are beginning to run out of pandemic-era funding, and no other permanent state or federal funding streams exist to pay for these programs. -
As triple-digit temperatures arrive, the air conditioning system at Phoenix’s central hub for homeless services is in need of $115,000 in repairs. -
With the help of a smartphone app and university researchers, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is trying to prevent Arizonans from falling into homelessness. -
Elected officials, affordable housing advocates, and those in the residential rental industry agree that the rise in eviction cases is a problem, but not everyone agrees on how to solve it. -
Maricopa County landlords filed 87,130 cases in 2024 — an all-time record. And the uptick in evictions is straining resources.
