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As the summer heat becomes increasingly extreme in Phoenix, people who can’t escape the sun are suffering third-degree burns, ...
Two years after the cleanup of the encampment known as 'The Zone,' Phoenix's homelessness crisis continues as individuals ...
If Donald Trump had any concern for Washington, D.C., he would have sent an army of social workers, not National Guard troops, to help homeless folks.
A panel of Arizona health experts highlighted the way Medicaid cuts are expected to hit Arizonans in and out of the program ...
Phoenix Police must begin enforcing the law again – immediately. And state and local leaders must convene an emergency summit to deal with The Zone because this isn’t just a Phoenix problem.
Vanessa Martin packs up her belongings as mandatory removal of "The Zone," a homeless camp in Phoenix, began on May 10, 2023. At one point, it seemed their coaxing had worked.
The city of Phoenix has successfully cleared out a massive downtown homeless encampment by Saturday's court-ordered deadline by helping more than 500 people find beds in shelters and motels.
Business owners near downtown Phoenix filed a lawsuit against the city in August over the impacts of the growing homeless encampment in the area, which has made it difficult for them to operate ...
In 2020, Phoenix New Times found that Phoenix had been slow to comply with the ruling. One homeless woman was issued a ticket for camping during the pandemic.
A Phoenix researcher interviewed 100 homeless people. Here's what she found can help them Rebekah L. Sanders Arizona Republic ...
And Lawson is not alone. Of the estimated 5,605 homeless individuals in Maricopa County this year, about 2,059 are unsheltered, according to the Maricopa County’s 2017 Homeless Point in Time count.