Housing
Phoenix has launched its first public dashboard detailing substance use and overdoses data. Men made up 71% of the 4,554 suspected opioid overdoses reported by Phoenix Fire in 2023. The busiest month for emergency responders was July when the fire department responded to 536 suspected overdoses.
May. 9, 2024
A group of bills meant to increase the state’s affordable housing supply advanced at the Legislature on Wednesday and was amended to incorporate some elements of a vetoed bill.
May. 8, 2024
In northern Arizona, the city of Page has experienced a rise in homelessness since 2020. Non-profit groups and the state recently converted a motel into permanent housing to help.
May. 8, 2024
While it’s intended to improve the state’s housing supply, some city leaders, including Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega, see this bill as a problematic invitation for more short-term rentals.
May. 7, 2024
The Scottsdale City Council unanimously voted to adopt three proposed ordinances to help regulate short-term rentals. The new code takes aim at nuisance parties, defines unlawful promotion and bans minors from renting.
May. 7, 2024
Potential updates might be made to a Scottsdale ordinance related to regulating disruptive and noisy short-term rentals. The city council will meet Monday to consider amending city code to tackle the issues.
May. 4, 2024
The Phoenix City Council has approved the use of more than $9 million in federal grant funding to create more affordable housing options. It will go toward six different properties across the city to create or preserve 432 units of affordable housing in the area.
May. 2, 2024
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bipartisan bill designed to address the state’s housing shortage in March, saying it went a "step too far." Axios Phoenix reporter Jeremy Duda reports that, ever since, she’s been brokering negotiations aimed at getting something else passed on the housing front.
May. 1, 2024
On Wednesday, the City Council is expected to vote on providing a $200,000 grant to the current property owner. If approved, the money will go toward rehabilitating what is historically called Yaun Ah Gim Groceries.
Apr. 30, 2024
The proposed deal will require cities who have long opposed the Legislature’s efforts to preempt their authority over zoning rules to allow the smaller, cheaper homes on lots within a mile of the central business districts of larger cities.
Apr. 29, 2024
The city of Tucson is seeking public input on how it can better serve its most vulnerable residents.
Apr. 26, 2024
Can you punish someone for sleeping on the street? That’s one of the questions at the heart of an Oregon case that’s been playing out before the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
Apr. 23, 2024
More than 250 volunteers from 41 utilities across 16 states are expected to travel between now and July to the largest reservation in the U.S. to donate their time and talents during the fourth annual Light Up Navajo mutual aid project.
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Apr. 19, 2024
New data from the bill-pay service, doxo shows Arizonans are spending an average of $2,184 a month on the most common household bills.
Apr. 19, 2024
The program is called Lighthouse, and it’s run by the Pima County Industrial Development Authority. It’s the latest project of an initiative launched in 2012 to address housing affordability in southern Arizona.
Apr. 17, 2024
Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the launch of the Arizona is Home program using $10 million from the state’s Housing Trust Fund and $3 million in federal COVID-19 relief. Hobbs said that is enough to help up to 500 families.
Apr. 12, 2024
In December, Gila County supervisors voted to regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb. But Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff) asked the attorney general to investigate whether the county’s new ordinance is legal.
Apr. 11, 2024
A bill introduced in the U.S. House this week would set aside an additional $2 billion to address affordable housing in Phoenix and other fast-growing metro areas around the country.
Apr. 10, 2024
State lawmakers are one step away from passing legislation to make it easier for property owners to remove squatters.
Apr. 9, 2024
Phoenix’s deputy city manager, Gina Montes, defended the trip and talked more about field trips to various cities around the country as part of “homelessness summit” on The Show.
Apr. 9, 2024
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