Stories tagged: "affordability"

Affordability Sharleen Kakalewska prepares to cut a client’s hair on Aug. 30, 2022, at the Human Services Campus in downtown Phoenix. Kakalewska volunteers with the Church of the Palms, United Church of Christ, which provides free showers, haircuts and hygienic products. (Photo by Drake Presto/Cronkite News)
Affordability Growing Unsheltered Community in Phoenix Receives Help From Project Connect

Project Connect is a program in Phoenix that provides resources like medical and housing assistance, and helps individuals acquire proper identification.

Shane Brennan Shane Brennan September 27, 2022 7:00 am MST
Elections Lorena Austin, candidate for Arizona House in LD 9. (Photo courtesy of Lorena Austin's campaign)
Elections Mesa’s Housing Shortage Is Personal for Lorena Austin. That’s Why She’s Running for Arizona House.

The Copper Courier spoke with Arizona House candidate Lorena Austin about rising costs of living in Mesa and the state— especially when it comes to housing.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner September 15, 2022 3:27 pm MST
Affordability The 33 new VISTA members to be placed throughout Arizona will contribute to food distribution efforts, pack meal kits and organize volunteers at the food bank they serve. Photo taken Aug. 26, 2022, at the United Food Bank in Mesa. (Photo by Scianna Garcia/Cronkite News)
Affordability AmeriCorps Grant Gives Arizona Food Banks More Resources to Help Food Insecurity

AmeriCorps granted the Arizona Food Bank Network $180,000 to support 33 on-the-ground volunteers who will serve at food banks across Arizona.

Scianna Garcia September 12, 2022 12:43 pm MST
Affordability children eating lunch at a table
Affordability Lunch Crunch: Inflation Has Schools Scrambling to Afford Student Meals

Officials are scrambling to figure out how to afford meals for students at a time when inflation nationwide is running at the highest level in decades.

Haley Smilow Haley Smilow September 12, 2022 10:48 am MST
Affordability woman in safety gear cutting a material with sparks flying
Affordability Union Membership in Arizona Inches Up, Still Trails Most of the Nation

After bottoming out at 4% in 2017, labor union membership in Arizona has been slowly rising, but it is still well behind levels of previous years.

Tori Gantz Tori Gantz September 7, 2022 1:13 pm MST

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Affordability Dozens of vehicles line up to get food boxes at the St. Mary's Food Bank Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in Phoenix. Long lines are back at outside food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation increasingly seek handouts to feed their families. Many people are coming for the first time amid the skyrocketing grocery and gas prices. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Affordability Long Lines Are Back at Phoenix Food Banks as Prices Hit High

The food banks are struggling to meet the latest need even as federal programs provide less food to distribute, grocery store donations wane, and cash gifts don’t go nearly as far.

Associated Press Associated Press July 18, 2022 7:31 am MST
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Affordability Arizona Cities Continued Booming Growth Last Year, Census Bureau Says

Arizona had five of the 15 fastest-growing cities in the US last year while Phoenix continued to add residents, bucking the trend of major cities that lost population during the pandemic.

Daisy Gonzalez-Perez Daisy Gonzalez-Perez June 1, 2022 12:17 pm MST