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Arizona Voices: Housing crossroads: Building a future where every family thrives

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Every day, Arizona families face impossible choices: parents skipping meals to afford rent, seniors rationing medication, and workers enduring hours-long commutes just to keep a roof overhead. The numbers don’t lie � home prices have surged 57% since 2019, while half of all renters spend over 30% of their income on housing (ARCHES State of Housing in Arizona 2024). If we continue at this pace, Maricopa County won’t close its housing deficit for 85 years (Common Sense Institute, Housing Affordability in Arizona Quarter 3 2024 Update). And the clock continues to tick.

Behind every statistic are real people. Seniors languish on waitlists for affordable housing while rents soar. Frontline workers � teachers, nurses, grocery clerks � are priced out of the communities they serve. These aren’t “challenges� � they’re a call for leadership. And they demand solutions without delay.



Nicole Newhouse is the executive director of the Arizona Housing Coalition.



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