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DECEMBER 27, 2020
Chandler spends $4.1 million to avert eviction tsunami BY KEVIN REAGAN Arizonan Staff Writer
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Chandler mother had just been diagnosed with lupus when her husband decided to walk out on the family, leaving her to take care of their five children. The husband had lost his job due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the stress of not being able to provide for his family ultimately
pushed him to abandon the household. Not knowing where she would find the money to pay her rent, the mother reached out to AZCEND and received a grant to temporarily cover the family’s living expenses. Trinity Donovan, the nonprofit’s chief executive officer, said this family is one of many that AZCEND has saved from eviction during the pandemic. So far this year, AZCEND has doled out
Chandler Council updates residential property code
more than $3 million for over 1,200 rental payments – significantly more than the $80,000 spent at this time last year. AZCEND currently has a backlog of 400 applications for rental assistance and that number could possibly grow in the coming months. “We have been receiving 300 requests per month for the past few months,” Donovan
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BY KEVIN REAGAN Arizonan Staff Writer
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he city has changed enforcement codes dictating how Chandler residents must maintain their properties to include new restrictions on signs, parked cars and “animal excrement.” Chandler officials recently updated its neighborhood codes for the first time since 2007 and said some of the new rules are intended to maintain the aesthetics and vitality of its communities. Residents will not be allowed to have stagnant pools of water on their property, post signs on street lights or utility poles without the city’s permission or let their pets go to the bathroom wherever they want. “No person who keeps or controls any animal shall
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Roland Deharty, an ER nurse for Dignity Health, got his first COVID-19 vaccine dose from fellow Registered Nurse Megan Edmonds last week at Chandler Gilbert Community College, one of five vaccine PODs (points of distribution) set up in Maricopa County by health officials. Dignity Health in Arizona is leading the vaccination effort at that POD as it works with public health officials and other healthcare organizations to roll out the newly approved vaccine. (Pablo Robles/Arizonan Staff Photographer)
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