General News, Homelessness Rise in Regional Homelessness Continues: Street count shows an overall increase of nearly 7 percent The 2023 count shows 9,642 people experiencing homelessness in the region. Read More
General News, Homelessness, Safe and Smart Travel Message from the Chair, April 2023 MAG continues to work with the Arizona State Legislature to ensure voters have an opportunity to choose whether to continue their investment in transportation through the extension of Proposition 400, the dedicated half-cent sales tax for transportation. Chair Message, Regional Council Read More
General News, Homelessness, Quality of Life A Helping Hand: Finding the Right Way to Make a Difference Just as there are many ways people fall into homelessness, there are many ways to help them find their way out. Homelessness Read More
General News, Homelessness, Quality of Life Finding Out What Home Means to Arizonans Warmth. Safety. Family. Comfort. For attendees of the Arizona Housing Coalition’s recent “Refocus : Reframe” conference, these were a few of the words that came to mind when asked, “what does home mean to you?” Read More
General News, Homelessness, Quality of Life, Video Stories From the Street: From Heartbreaking to Hope Annual count shows many faces of homelessness. Dawn has not yet broken on one of the coldest nights of the year. With temperatures dropping into the low 30s, nearly 1,000 volunteers fan out across the Valley. They are crisscrossing assigned grids working to count people experiencing homelessness at a single point in time. Homelessness, Human Services, PIT Count Read More
Homelessness, Quality of Life Program Makes Strides in Reducing Homelessness House America reaching goals to get people off the streets. With thousands of people sleeping on the streets of the Valley every night, the need to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness is urgent. Newly released housing numbers show progress is being made. Homelessness, Human Services, Housing, House America Read More
General News, Homelessness, Quality of Life Old Shelter Gets a New Lease on Life as Homeless Numbers Rise in West Valley A family’s dream of offering shelter to people experiencing homelessness went unrealized for 10 years until the city of Surprise revived the dream by bringing an old building back to life. Homelessness, Homeless, Shelter, Surprise Read More
General News, Homelessness, Quality of Life Courts Take Different Approaches to Ease the Burden of Homelessness For people experiencing homelessness, any sort of legal problem can be a big barrier to overcome. Two different types of courts in the Valley are helping people resolve those legal issues and find help at the same time. Homelessness, Toolkit, Pathways Home, Human Services Read More
General News, Homelessness, Quality of Life Ambitious Goal to Reduce Homelessness in the Valley Underway Thousands of people are experiencing homelessness on Valley streets each day. Finding a way back into affordable housing is tough for many of them. A new program and a very ambitious goal are hoping to greatly reduce those numbers. Homelessness, Pathways Home, House America, HUD, USICH, HMIS Read More
General News, Homelessness, Quality of Life Phoenix Region Receives $35.7 Million Grant to Aid in Homelessness Efforts The Phoenix region is receiving $35.7 million dollars that will directly fund programs and services that help the homeless population. Homelessness Read More