I dont see the state is doing much, but my view is very limited. It’s not just a Phoenix problem, it’s just that the other cities send the problem to Phoenix, making it a statewide issue.
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Category: Local Government
Officials Clean Up the Seven Stages of Hell
Otherwise known as the outsider perimeter of C.A.S.S. In a previous article here on The Street Fairy, I talked about the encampments outside of the Central Arizona Shelter Services located on the Human Services Campus in Downtown Phoenix.
Continue ReadingUnsheltered Perspectives – A report on the unsheltered homeless in Phoenix
A new report on the unsheltered homeless population of Phoenix, AZ, came out this week and one of the most significant things they found was that they need to listen to the real stories of the people on the streets to combat the problem with real solutions.
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California’s Homeless Population is growing exponentially…..
This is one of the few articles I have read recently that points to specific actions that have caused this exponential growth. Alicia states the most obvious cause of living without a permanent shelter is the rising cost of housing and the simultaneously decreasing affordable housing units available. It is in the next paragraph though that I see as a very important and often overlooked cause of homelessness.
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Point in Time Count – Flawed but Still Necessary
The Point in Time Count is flawed, it is a one by one count of homeless people either in shelters or on the streets on one specific day in January. This count is done Nationwide to get an idea how homelessness is growing across the countr
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Phoenix Still Criminalizes Homelessness
About 30 demonstrators gathered at Margaret T. Hance Park Wednesday in downtown Phoenix to urge city leaders to adopt legislation to decriminalize urban camping. Demonstrators organized by advocacy group Fund for Empowerment marched down Central Avenue and back toward the park, chanting and carrying signs that read “Mayor Kate Gallego,…
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