Phoenix’s “The Zone” Cleanup Lowers Crime but Leaves Homelessness Challenge Unresolved

The urban landscape of Phoenix is quietly transforming in the aftermath of the disbanding of “The Zone”, once a sprawling homeless encampment that blanketed 15 city blocks. The city’s initiative to clear out the area, which at its peak housed over a thousand unsheltered individuals, has resulted in a notable dip in local crime rates, yet the homelessness crisis looms unresolved according to a Fox 10 Phoenix report.

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