Housing
Middle-income older adults are sometimes called the forgotten middle, because their income is too high to receive government help should they need long-term care, but not high enough to afford it on their own. A new report aims to address this growing problem.
Feb. 15, 2024
Preparations are underway for the Valley to host the NCAA Men’s Final Four. The local organizing committee expects Phoenix hotels to book 22,658 room nights with an average daily rate of $359.
Feb. 14, 2024
The Arizona House of Representatives voted down legislation that would have stopped smaller counties from regulating the safety of tiny homes.
Feb. 13, 2024
Arizona lawmakers advanced a bill on Monday that would stop landlords from discriminating against certain breeds of dog, like pit bulls.
Feb. 13, 2024
A series of proposals designed to address Arizona's housing shortage by limiting city zoning rules are making their way through the Legislature this year.
Feb. 12, 2024
Flagstaff declared a housing emergency more than three years ago. Since then it’s looked at ways to actually increase the number of available houses.
Feb. 12, 2024
For the last few years, lawmakers and kinship foster families have been pushing to increase the amount of money they receive each month to help raise the kids in their care. Yet another bill to do just that is moving through the Arizona Legislature.
Feb. 9, 2024
A nonprofit that started off providing relief for Native families during the pandemic is now helping Navajo and Hopi families repair their homes. From KJZZ’s Fronteras Desk in Flagstaff, Michel Marizco reports.
Feb. 5, 2024
After years of explosive rent growth, the Phoenix area saw prices fall slightly in 2023. Tenants in the Valley can expect another year of slower rent increases in 2024, according to the multifamily housing research group Yardi Matrix.
Feb. 1, 2024
The Show spoke with former Arizona lawmaker Steve Kaiser about why he says he might be able to accomplish more meaningful change on the housing front from outside the Legislature.
Jan. 31, 2024
The Show spoke with Jacqueline Edwards, director of Maricopa County's Human Services Department, about the Board of Supervisors plan for building affordable housing across the county.
Jan. 30, 2024
Arizona’s Republican lawmakers want to allow homes to be built on smaller lots and prohibit cities from requiring homebuyers to join homeowners associations.
Jan. 29, 2024
A local LGBTQ-advocacy organization received a nearly $2 million grant to help support the youth it serves. The grant is the largest in the group’s history.
Jan. 29, 2024
In the Phoenix area, the annual Point-In-Time homelessness counts have revealed a dramatic increase in homelessness over the past decade. As a result, the counts have become more complicated, and also more critical.
Jan. 29, 2024
House Bill 2143 would exempt people from paying the $12 fee needed for a license if they don’t have a current address or their nearest address is a homeless shelter.
Jan. 27, 2024
A new luxury apartment building inspired by the video game “Mario Kart” is under construction on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix.
Jan. 25, 2024
Richard Crews works in homeless services in Phoenix, and says they already have a good handle on how many people are experiencing homelessness — and the point-in-time count tends to be an undercount.
Jan. 25, 2024
Nationally, only a few percent of homeowners bother getting flood insurance policies. Federal emergency officials say most counties are now prone to some sort of flood risk and want to increase coverage around the country.
Jan. 23, 2024
Republican lawmakers want to give Arizonans the chance to recoup some of their property tax payments if cities refuse to enforce laws related to homelessness and panhandling.
Jan. 22, 2024
The city of Tempe is denying a special event permit for the Phoenix nonprofit known as AZ Hugs. The organization serves the homeless by hosting Sunday family picnics at parks around the Valley, including Tempe.
Jan. 21, 2024
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