What metro Phoenix tenants need to know about wrongful evictions, rental assistance
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented protection against evictions and financial assistance for tenants behind on their rent. Multiple state and federal eviction moratoriums aimed to prevent renters from getting kicked out of their homes if they fell behind on their rent during the pandemic. A moratorium from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
East Valley pilot program aimed at helping older adults in danger of eviction wins $250K
The Tempe Community Action Agency was declared the winner of the New Arizona Prize: Housing Security Challenge, outcompeting 13 other applicants to receive $250,000 to address housing insecurity among the senior population living in the East Valley. The nonprofit and its partners, Aster Aging and AZCEND, will use the award money for a pilot program […]
CDC eviction moratorium still in place in Arizona after federal judge strikes it down
The national moratorium on evictions enacted last year to help struggling renters during the pandemic is illegal, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. But Arizona renters are still protected — at least for now. U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich of the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday the federal government overreached in enacting the ban and […]
More help for Arizona renters: CDC eviction moratorium extended until June 30
Renters facing hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are protected from eviction for an additional three months after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended its national eviction moratorium. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky issued an order Monday extending the moratorium until June 30. The extension, which was expected, comes as metro Phoenix leads […]
Who’s watching? Arizona landlord who got state aid wasn’t allowed to work in real estate
In a rush to get money out fast, a $10 million state aid program for struggling landlords gave money to two people who had been cited by regulators for bad rental operations and handed out too much money to other property managers. The Arizona governor’s Economic Recovery Management Team handled the landlord fund, which appears […]
Arizona, cities deny records request that could show if landlords filed to evict tenants after receiving aid for them
The state of Arizona and some metro Phoenix cities are withholding public records related to COVID-19 rental aid that could reveal key information about the effectiveness of the assistance programs. The Arizona Republic requested the full addresses of rental properties that received rental assistance from Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale. Maricopa County was […]
Arizona landlords who received grants to help with non-paying tenants filed hundreds of evictions anyway
Arizona landlords who received money from a state program that aimed to prevent evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic filed nearly 2,500 eviction notices during the pandemic, an Arizona Republic investigation found. Gov. Doug Ducey’s office launched the Arizona Rental Property Owner Preservation Fund in August with $5 million to assist landlords whose tenants were not […]
Rep. Greg Stanton introduces bill to help keep renters’ evictions during COVID-19 off credit records
Renters struggling during the pandemic could get help in keeping evictions off their credit records under legislation introduced in Congress by Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz. The move to protect tenants from long-term financial problems related to evictions is supported by many housing advocates. H.R. 1594, the COVID-19 Eviction Consumer Report Fairness Act, would require all […]
Why Phoenix area rents are almost certain to keep rising
A Phoenix apartment complex recently sold for a record $178.5 million. The deal is one more sign of the strong demand for rentals in the region despite the pandemic and an eviction moratorium. Though apartment sales were down in 2020, metro Phoenix still ranked No. 3 in the U.S. for the most rental complexes selling […]
Report: 1 in 5 households evicted in Maricopa County hot spots
About 4 out of every 100 households lost their homes in Maricopa County from 2017-19, one of the worst rankings of America’s Sunbelt cities, according to national reports. But some areas of the county fare much worse than others. In some census tracts in the western half of Maricopa County, more than one-fifth of the […]
