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Squeezed out Arizona needs 100,000 more aff ordable homes now “It’s not nearly enough money, and it doesn’t go far enough,” she said. “We are looking for the private market to step up, and thankfully are seeing a lot of interest and support there.”
Catherine Reagor Columnist Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK
Arizona needs at least 100,000 apartments or houses that people living and working in the state can aff ord. And the homes are needed now. Last week, 400 people living in tents and sleeping bags around downtown Phoenix’s crowded Human Services Campus had to move. There’s no room for them inside. Temporary homes for metro Phoenix’s growing homeless population are needed, along with more permanent housing for people living in shelters to move into. Federal funding is the main tool for building more aff ordable housing in Arizona. Now, about $200 million a year in federal tax credits adds 1,500 to 2,000 aff ordable homes across the state, said Carol Ditmore, director of the Arizona Department of Housing.
Arizona’s housing problem Metro Phoenix’s growing aff ordability problem is increasingly a priority for not only housing advocates but business and government leaders. On Wednesday, when hundreds of people living outside Arizona’s biggest homeless shelter were moved, more than 100 Valley leaders met a few miles away to fi gure out ways to build more aff ordable housing quickly. Home prices and rents have climbed much faster than incomes in metro Phoenix during the past decade. That mismatch has created a housing crunch for a growing number of people. Those looking for the most aff ordable homes are being squeezed out and end up See SQUEEZED, Page 3H
‘Squeezed Out’ series To see more coverage on housing issues in Arizona, go to squeezedout.azcentral.com.
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