RESPONDING TO COVID-19:
​ENSURING HOUSING STABILITY

​We were in an affordable housing crisis before the coronavirus pandemic began.  It will only be exacerbated by the health crisis, further illustrating how inextricably linked these issues are.  Our community would be well-served to lean into this connection, adopting a shared medical framework to help us understand where we are and where we go from here.  Read more.

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WE ADVOCATE FOR

Safe, affordable homes for all Arizonans.

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EDUCATE

Building a Highly-Trained Workforce

Homeless services and affordable housing development are constantly evolving with policy and industry changes. To meet these needs, we provide members with exclusive education, training, and networking opportunities.
We are also proud to host an annual statewide event that serves to educate our members and help them make valuable industry connections. ​

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ADVOCATE

Harnessing political will. Together.

We are committed to champion funding priorities focused on increased development of affordable housing and the aligning of resources that address homelessness and the housing instability.
We keep our more than 200 members informed about important policy, regulatory changes, and bills at the local, state, and national levels, and activate our membership on policy issues. 

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COLLABORATE

Unifying communities through dedicated leadership

We strive to collaborate with other organizations in order to increase the supply of affordable homes and build capacity among service providers in an effort to end homelessness.
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Strengthening the Landlord-Resident relationship through COVID-19

Before COVID-19 hit our nation and our communities tackling homelessness accelerated their efforts under an increased moral imperative, Arizona was already experiencing a serious housing crisis. Year-over-year point-in-time street and shelter homeless count increases, high eviction rates, and shelter waiting lists were just a handful of topics being addressed in strategy meetings, and being diligently tackled by our dedicated front-line workers. Eviction was a hot topic as communities started to brainstorm on how to keep people in their homes and tackle homelessness “upstream”, before the pandemic took hold.

As we waited for the details of Governor Doug Ducey’s executive order on Eviction Moratoriums, Arizona communities discussed the anticipated unemployment rate and eviction increases. When the rise in unemployment became a fast reality and the details of the Eviction Moratorium were received, our communities then started to talk about what would happen on July 23rd 2020, when the Eviction Moratoriums end. We foresee that not only will residents continue to grapple with housing instability, but that uncertainty and instability will become a reality of the landlord as well. Read More