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Jan 28, 2025 · A sweeping proposal for more affordable houses that Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed last year is back with only minor changes. Rep. Leo Biasiucci’s effort to address Arizona’s housing crisis is to spur the construction of smaller and cheaper “starter homes” has only one tweak from last year’s version: the exclusion of areas around military airports that Hobbs pointed to as a major issue in ...

Jan 20, 2025 · The time for studies, committees, and deliberation has passed. Arizona needs immediate, concrete action to protect its communities from the growing wildfire threat. Our state's safety depends on it.

2 days ago · Hernandez’s bill takes a smaller cut and tempers the draw from prime contracting tax to 5%, as she said doing so could prove more feasible in the Republican-controlled Legislature.. Rep. Analise Ortiz, D-Phoenix. Under both bills, applications would be open to anyone behind or anticipating falling behind on rent.

Jan 28, 2025 Affordable housing bill passes committee, cities have alternate version. A new version of a bipartisan housing measure intended to help first-time homebuyers purchase starter properties advanced through a House panel Tuesday, but it may have to compete with an alternative proposal from Arizona’s cities and towns looking to achieve the same goal.

Jan 9, 2025 · A construction worker builds at a large housing development on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Phoenix. Some housing legislation in 2025 will likely be tied to water management.

Dec 30, 2024 · Both parties set their sights on easing Arizona’s housing problems in 2024, but even with bipartisan efforts, came up short. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were hoping to address high housing costs and shortages in the state’s housing stock.

Jan 11, 2025 · It passed the House Military and Public Safety Committee and on the House floor but failed to secure a Senate committee assignment. As for the bill’s third go-around, Steven Scharboneau, lobbyist for Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, said he believes all parties to be on the same page, noting support from the Corrections Department and law enforcement.

Dec 29, 2024 · Andrew Gould. The year started with legal challenges to the 2022 election still sustaining a pulse and promises of litigation against the 2023 Elections Procedure Manual impending and eventually materializing from the Legislature, the RNC and the Arizona Republican Party and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club.