More than 14,000 people across Arizona are experiencing homelessness, and on June 21, Governor Katie Hobbs, along with dozens of people and organizations from across the state, met to tackle the growing issues.
, along with dozens of people and organizations from across the state, met to tackle the growing issues.
"Our convening today couldn’t come at a more important time," said Gov. Hobbs. "In fact, families in Arizona with extremely low incomes are less likely to find available and affordable places to live than households in 46 other U.S. states and D.C."Homeless council aims to help create affordable housing in Arizona
This diverse group is tasked with developing and implementing a plan, while getting to the core of the problem and serving as a central policy development and planning resource for the state on housing insecurity. "They come back and go. I think it’s just a matter of time honestly they don’t have anywhere else to go," said Edna Castillo.. She said a few months ago, the homelessness problem got so bad, that calling the police became one of her regular duties.
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