[Source: Teresa Brice, Local Initiatives Service Corp.] — With the fall 2008 Arizona Town Hall focusing on Arizona’s housing woes, housing advocates are busy compiling background data and information to help bring participants “up to speed” on the issue before the town hall is held. Regarding affordable housing in and around downtown Phoenix, here are [...]
Business, government, and civic leaders keep talking about creating sustainable communities, and some of the big components are: having a mix of transportation options, connecting land use and transportation systems so Arizonans have a way to connect housing with jobs, schools, etc., and preserving open space.
The State Transportation Board will host public hearings in June [...]
On Monday, March 10, 2008, the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and Tucson Planning Council for the Homeless will hold a press conference at 12:30 p.m. at the Arizona Legislature to illustrate the consequences of proposed cuts to the state Housing Trust Fund.
Over the last three weeks, housing [...]
Due to Arizona’s budget crisis, there is a proposal by the legislature to eliminate all HTF related programs for approximately the next year and a half (sweep $55 million). The proposal would also cripple the Arizona Housing Finance Authority, which has been highly successful in assisting rural first time homebuyers and result in the significant [...]
Fund sweeps are now being discussed by Arizona legislators and a sweep of Arizona’s Housing Trust Fund is being seriously considered. According to advocates for the HTF, Republicans and Democrats are looking at some sort of large hit, beyond what the Governor has proposed ($6.5 million in FY08). Republicans want to sweep near the full [...]
The ASU Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family, with a mission to improve the growth of quality affordable homes and sustainable communities, is moving from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs to the College of Design. There it will work in partnership with related departments: the Herberger Center [...]
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