A team of Arizona Republic reporters fanned out across metro Phoenix to talk to the unhoused. Here are their stories.
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Homeless in Phoenix Arizona

The homeless situation in Phoenix Arizona reached its peak in 2020 but since then the city of Phoenix has been working to ...
Grassroots groups and local organizations provide medical care, shelter and food to those battling housing insecurity.
Homelessness in Phoenix has surged, with the unsheltered population climbing by nearly 40% from 2024 to 2025. The closure of the large encampment known as "The Zone" has dispersed unhoused individuals ...
Metro Phoenix landlords filed court notices 7,579 times to evict renters in October, the second highest month for Valley ...
"The Zone" in Phoenix grew into a 15-block stretch where an estimated 1,000 people lived in tents and boxes on the pavement.
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump ...
In the two years since Phoenix police cleared a sprawling encampment of unhoused people in an area known as "The Zone," the population of unhoused in the region has soared to record levels. Roughly 10 ...