PHOENIX (CN) — The Phoenix City Council unanimously passed a new plan to address homelessness, focused on new housing and neighborhood safety, as the number of people living unsheltered rises.
“Housing is going to end homelessness,” Office of Homeless Solutions Director Rachel Milne repeated throughout Tuesday’s council meeting. “Concentrating our efforts on those housing initiatives will help us truly move the needle forward.”
The plan doesn’t offer numbers or set hard deadlines, but in it, the city commits to developing new housing models like master leasing and shared housing for people exiting homelessness and investing in new permanent housing with rental assistance and other support services…