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Biasiucci and Borrelli Pass Home Affordability Act

March 8, 2024 9:46 amMarch 8, 2024 9:50 am

House Majority Leader Leo Biasiucci (R-30) joined with Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli to author and spearhead the passage of a bill easing Arizona’s skyrocketing home prices. Dubbed the “Arizona Starter Homes Act,” it prohibits municipalities from mandating homeowner associations...

Gress Authors Bill Preventing Homeless Hotels in Mesa

February 22, 2024 5:00 amFebruary 21, 2024 3:25 pm

Scottsdale Rep. Matt Gress (R-4) is sponsoring controversial House Bill HB2782 that, among other things, strengthens regulations around the use of hotels and motels as homeless shelters. At the heart of the bill are increased penalties for illegal drug usage,...

State Senator Justine Wadsack speaking on the floor of the Arizona State Senate at the Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona.

Tucson’s Wadsack Mandates Political Data in Home Sales

February 19, 2024 5:00 amNovember 21, 2024 7:45 am

AZ State Senator Justine Wadsack (R-LD17) is championing 2024’s SB 1581, a bill overturning the state’s ban on real estate agents sharing political information related to homes. Arizona law currently prohibits agents from sharing basic political details, such as Congressional...

Arizona Water Shortage Impacts Housing Development

Water Looms Large in Arizona Housing Shortage

December 26, 2023 12:16 pmDecember 24, 2023 12:45 pm

Once again, Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen (R-LD14) stand on opposing sides of an increasingly crucial debate, this time impacting Arizona’s dramatic housing boom. At the center of the argument is the 1980 Groundwater Act...

Phoenix Businesses See Hope After ‘The Zone’ Cleanup

November 10, 2023 12:15 pm

Business owners in and around “The Zone,” Downtown Phoenix’s infamous homeless encampment, breathed a collective sigh of relief after the City met a court-ordered Nov 4, 2023 deadline to clear out all tents and other remnants from around the Capital’s...

AZ Legislators Join Oregon Homeless Encampment Suit

September 24, 2023 11:50 am

In a press release dated Sept. 20, Arizona Senate leader Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert) announced that the Legislature filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in “City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, et al. At the heart...

Ninth Circuit Takes Teeth out of Arizona City Anti-Homeless Ordinance

September 16, 2023 5:49 pmJune 17, 2024 10:42 am

Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest in area and population, conducts an annual survey of the homeless. Although the percentage of those deemed “unsheltered” dipped slightly (2%), the overall number grew over 7% since last year’s tally. That number has nearly doubled...