Stories tagged: "housing"

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Housing Middle-Class Arizonans Are Being Pushed Out of the Housing Market

A low supply of affordable homes in the Phoenix area is creating an extremely competitive housing market.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner July 16, 2021 7:16 am MST
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Housing Evicted During the Pandemic? This Arizona Lawmaker’s Bill Would Help You.

The proposal would require credit agencies to exclude evictions from reports that occurred throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner May 24, 2021 10:24 am MST
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Coronavirus Feds Extend Eviction Moratorium for 90 Days To Slow COVID-19 Spread

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...

Haleigh Kochanski March 31, 2021 10:32 am MST
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Housing Worried About Rent? COVID Rental Assistance Applications Will Soon Reopen

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...

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner February 12, 2021 11:20 am MST
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Housing Fight for Your Rights: How to Organize a Tenants Union

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...

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner February 5, 2021 2:10 pm MST

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Housing Chandler Landlords to Receive $400 Incentive for Each Property Leased to Section 8 Families

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.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner January 13, 2021 12:00 pm MST
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Housing Arizona Landlords Have an Advantage in Evictions — and the House Always Wins

Throughout 2020, landlords had attorneys in about 89% of Maricopa County eviction cases. Less than 1% of tenants had legal representation.

Jessica Swarner Jessica Swarner January 5, 2021 8:01 am MST