Housing Articles, Archive - Housing

The Capistrano Apartments, on East 6th Street, is a Tucson apartment complex.

Mayes sues RealPage and 9 major landlords over rising rents

Feb 28, 2024 AG claims RealPage's "revenue management" algorithm is illegal price fixing.

City of Tucson's council chambers in downtown.

Ordinance cracking down homeless encampments in Tucson washes is moving forward

Feb 22, 2024 A Supreme Court case is considering a similar issue nationally.

This map from Opportunity Atlas shows the average income for adults based on where they grew up.

The Buzz: Combatting Generational Poverty in Pima County

Jan 26, 2024 A new effort aims to help those who are born into poverty move up the socio-economic ladder.

A group hangs out in the shade in Santa Rita Park in Tucson.

Hobbs announces $21 million for Tucson housing programs

Jan 10, 2024 The money is part of an $89 million statewide investment

I Am You 360 is building a second group of tiny homes to house clients right next to their office.

Local Tucson non-profit uses "whole healing" approach to fight homelessness

Jan 9, 2024 I Am You 360 provides homes and professional training for young at-risk Tucsonans

File image of a for sale sign outside a home in the Tucson metropolitan area.

Home affordability continues to shrink in Arizona

Jan 2, 2024 Buying a median priced-home could take more than half an average salary in some AZ counties.

The Buzz: Looking back and ahead at our economy

Dec 29, 2023 Economists say growth is likely to slow, but not stop, in the region and nation.

A house being renovated in Bisbee, AZ, through the workforce housing program with the City of Bisbee, Step Up Bisbee Naco nonprofit and Southeast Arizona Renovations, LLC. November 30, 2023.

Bisbee housing program aims to renovate and sell homes at 20% below market value to address housing shortage

Dec 13, 2023 The program hopes to provide housing as a way to retain workers.

The Buzz: Does Housing First Work?

Nov 17, 2023 Housing First was a topic of debate in recent Tucson city elections, so we ask experts about the evidence.

A person walks past tarps, cloths, and tents set up as temporary living spaces on West Madison Street in “The Zone,” the area surrounding the Human Services Campus in Phoenix on March 1, 2023.

Phoenix finishes clearing downtown homeless encampment after finding shelter for more than 500

Nov 4, 2023 The hundreds of tents that once lined blocks of streets in the area are now gone.

Median rental costs in Southern Arizona have almost doubled since 2005. The Buzz examines the rental market and how it's affecting Arizonans.

The Buzz examines Southern Arizona's home rental market

Nov 3, 2023 Rent costs have outpaced wage growth, leading to issues for many renters and growth in help for those households.

The Buzz speaks with Tucson City Council candidates

Oct 27, 2023 Candidates see streets, crimes and homelessness as the city's top issues.

Candidates for Mayor of Tucson. From left to right: Ed Ackerley (I), incumbent Regina Romero (D), and Janet "JL" Wittenbraker (R).

The Buzz: El Tour de Mayor of Tucson

Oct 20, 2023 AZPM takes a drive around Tucson with three candidates running in the mayor's race.

San Pedro River pre-Monsoon rains. August 15, 2023.

Water and housing redux

Oct 10, 2023 The story of a home development in Cochise County has taken a second big turn since we published Episode 4 of this series, so Summer Hom is back with the latest on this ongoing saga.

Judge denies Phoenix request seeking extra time to clean largest homeless encampment

Oct 3, 2023 The judge said the plaintiffs “face much greater hardship if the court were to delay implementation of its ruling."

More than one-third of households in Tucson are considered housing cost burdened.

HUD awards $3 million for new housing research center at UA

Oct 2, 2023 The Arizona Research Center for Housing Equity and Sustainability will be co-located at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University.

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