Phoenix OKs ‘punitive’ limits on feeding, treating homeless in parks
The ordinance places new restrictions on groups that provide food and medical treatment for unhoused people in city parks.
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Op-ed: Phoenix treating the homeless like biohazards instead of people
If a new city ordinance passes as expected, after June 1, feeding wild birds could be more legal than feeding the unhoused.
ASU booted a group that feeds the homeless outside a campus building
Food Not Bombs PHX fed unhoused people off the patio of a downtown ASU campus for years. This month, ASU kicked the group out.
They help the homeless in Phoenix parks. The city may shut them down
We followed Circle the City’s street team, which gives medical care to the unhoused. Phoenix may make their work harder.
Phoenix mayor takes shot at Trump over housing, homelessness grants
After allocating federal money to housing and unhoused shelters, Kate Gallego noted that Trump wants to ax that funding.
6 Arizona bills that could actually make a dent in the housing crisis
Arizona lacks enough housing, and what it does have is too expensive. State lawmakers might actually do something about it.
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The Valley eviction crisis continued at a historic clip in 2025
Maricopa County has topped 80,000 eviction filings in each of the last three years.
Video: Phoenix councilmember goes on rant about the homeless
Wednesday, the Phoenix City Council voted to curb harm reduction activities. But before that, Jim Waring delivered a screed.
Phoenix City Council candidate says ‘homeless belong in jail’
Matt Evans is running for a north Phoenix city council district. Comments like the one he made Tuesday won’t help.
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Phoenix homelessness is set to surge thanks to Trump, experts say
Due to Trump cuts, “the whole country is bracing for the biggest humanitarian crisis you’ve ever seen,” one expert says.
Phoenix cops have a new policy: Don’t harass homeless people
The Department of Justice found Phoenix police regularly stopped people just for being unhoused and routinely (and illegally) destroyed their stuff.