In 2023, Phoenix faced a court order to disperse a massive homeless encampment. Part of the city's response was to create a campground downtown for people experiencing homelessness. It's running ...
Phoenix is at risk of shutting down a highly effective Safe Outdoor Space that has helped more than 2,000 people exit street ...
Phoenix wants to reshape efforts, focusing largely on homelessness prevention and targeting one of the root causes of the ongoing issue: housing. City officials believe they’ve made considerable ...
Homelessness in Phoenix has surged, with the unsheltered population climbing by nearly 40% from 2024 to 2025. The closure of the large encampment known as "The Zone" has dispersed unhoused individuals ...
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Police Department has proposed a new policy governing how officers interact with homeless individuals, following a federal report that criticized the department’s ...
Downtown Phoenix businesses sued the city over a sprawling homeless encampment. The city's solution appears successful two years later, but funding for it is set to run out. In 2023, Phoenix faced a ...