Jessica Boehm

U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation into Phoenix’s homeless encampment cleanups, noting they may violate people’s civil rights.

COVID-19 is surging among the Phoenix homeless population as health care providers struggle to fill open positions.

Metro Phoenix healthcare for the homeless provider Circle the City celebrated nine years of continued growth serving the most vulnerable.

A new shelter for homeless seniors ages 55 and older will open in west Phoenix in 2022 after winning support from surrounding neighborhood groups.

Phoenix officials plan to breathe new life into vacant big box stores and other empty retailers and make a dent in the city’s housing shortage.

Phoenix Rescue Mission has helped people experiencing homelessness for more than 60 years, but a major change transcended the organization’s effect.

Poverty is a root cause of both family homelessness and family separation — an issue exacerbated by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maricopa County committed $28 million for 350 new homeless shelter beds and other programs as region commited to homeless action plan.

Domestic violence increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Season for Sharing campaign is supporting organizations that help victims.

A spike in homelessness among elderly people has led to more people circulating between hospitals and homeless shelters in metro Phoenix.

A new storage program on the Human Services Campus in Phoenix gives people experiencing homelessness a clean garbage can to store their possessions.

Arizona was one of a handful of states where the number of veterans staying in homeless shelters increased between 2020 and 2021.

Incomplete applications and slow responses from mortgage lenders are holding up the dispersal of funds from the Arizona Homeowner Assistance Fund.

Skyrocketing rent and child care prices are making it more difficult for Arizona nonprofit Live and Learn to help Phoenix women rise out of poverty.

Slightly more than 5,000 are living on the streets of metro Phoenix, according to the latest countywide count of people experiencing homelessness.

Arizona has fewer shelter beds for homeless youth, more young people becoming homeless, and high rates of sex and labor trafficking, research shows.

The Human Services Campus in Phoenix now has an additional 100-bed shelter for people experiencing homelessness — just in time for the summer heat.

Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor who spent her life writing and speaking about hope and humanity, died in Phoenix on Sunday. She was 97.

Many lenders lagged in signing up for the state’s mortgage assistance program, causing application backlogs.

The 82-year-old former Phoenix councilmember and interim mayor died of cancer Nov. 14. She is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Williams.