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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, ...
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.
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.
Homelessness in Phoenix is an unparalleled disaster. The number of homeless individuals living on the streets has tripled since 2016, even while the number in shelters has dropped.
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 ...
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.
On the morning of February 5, 2020, hundreds of people at a homeless encampment in downtown Phoenix were told to disperse to allow for street cleaning. Elizabeth Whitman ...
We know what works to help homelessness A homeless person and his dog sleep on their bunk in the St. Vincent de Paul Shelter in Phoenix on June 3, 2022.
More than four months after the first coronavirus vaccine hit American arms, a week-long drive to vaccinate the homeless against Covid-19 is underway in Phoenix.
More than four months after the first coronavirus vaccine hit American arms, a week-long drive to vaccinate the homeless against Covid-19 is underway in Phoenix. With the goal of vaccinating 500 ...