The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development released its 2024 point-in-time homelessness numbers to pass along to Congress, including statistics for Arizona.
Arizona has 14,737 people estimated to be homeless, and 50% of those people are presumably unsheltered, according to the data.
From 2023, this was an increase of 500 people. The vast majority, 11,640, were people who are by themselves, and 58% of them are unsheltered.
According to state estimates, the HUD report estimates that 3,097 families are facing homelessness in the Grand Canyon State, and 17% of them are unsheltered. From last year to this year, this was an increase of 411 families.
Most notably, Phoenix was court ordered to clear out “The Zone”— a large homeless encampment in downtown Phoenix— in 2023, and Arizona voters went in support of Proposition 312 in the November election, which allows a property tax refund related to specific issues tied “illegal camping” and other problems.
