Phoenix police and fire investigators were on the scene after a small fire destroyed a homeless encampment and parked ...

The homeless services campus near 12th Avenue and Madison Street was made with accessibility, heat relief, and program sustainability in mind.

The city of Phoenix is once again working to clear out the massive homeless encampment in downtown Phoenix known as "The Zone." For nearly 15 years, Officer Greg Gills has walked city parks trying ...

On Monday, the City of Phoenix is in court to prove it's making progress in clearing its largest homeless encampment. Heat-related deaths in Phoenix continue to rise, and many victims are homeless.

The homeless encampment known as "the Zone" in downtown Phoenix has grown exponentially in recent years. A judge ordered the site to be cleaned up by July. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now) Over the past ...

Phoenix officials will begin clearing one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments this week in a downtown area known as the Zone, where neighbors and business owners have filed a lawsuit ...

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Phoenix has devised a plan for the city’s largest homeless encampment that officials hope will address safety and legal concerns over the area, known as "The Zone," while also helping the people ...

PHOENIX - An attempt to help the homeless on July 3 was cut short after police officers told organizers to leave the area. An organization called Hearts for the Homeless AZ was hosting its second ...

The legal strategy may offer a template to anyone who lives or works near large homeless encampments, said Ilan Wurman, a lawyer for the Phoenix plaintiffs and an associate law professor at Arizon ...

“My purse was stolen.” She hardly stands out from the dozens of seniors using wheelchairs and walkers at a complex of homeless shelters near downtown Phoenix, or from the white-haired denizens ...

“Over-policing of the homeless has become a central pillar of the (Phoenix) police department’s enforcement strategy,” she added. “The criminalization of homelessness has no place in our ...