After a rare decrease in 2024, the number of people experiencing homelessness is again on the rise in the Valley, with an especially noteworthy increase in unsheltered people, according to this year’s point-in-time count from the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG).
The big picture: Last year, the Phoenix area saw its first decrease since 2017, which turned out to be only a temporary alleviation of an increasingly severe problem…