Nearly 170,000 Arizona renters are not current on their rent. A federal eviction moratorium that was scheduled to end Wednesday has been extended through June 30, good news for the close to 114,000 Arizona renters who think they are at risk of eviction. It’s at least the third extension ordered by the Centers for Disease...
Applications for the state reopen Feb. 23, while those for Phoenix reopen March 8. Soon renters will be able to get the help many need to pay their rent. While government bodies made money available for COVID rental assistance last year, much of it has dried up. Applications for state and local aid closed as...
Phoenix advocacy group Worried About Rent provides resources to help guide tenants through forming a union. Tenants living in the Amara Apartments complex in Phoenix hit a breaking point last year. From cockroach infestations to ceiling collapses, flooding, and unaddressed holes in walls, the Amara renters felt they could no longer stand their landlords’ alleged...
There are currently only three affordable housing units available in Chandler, but there are over 100 families with vouchers in need of a place to live.