Phoenix Looks for Solutions to Senior Homelessness
Correspondent Jessica Gomez traveled to Phoenix to see some of the housing alternatives.
Updated: 11:15 PM EDT Apr 5, 2025
MATTER OF FACT. FOR MANY OLDER ADULTS LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S BECOME VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO AFFORD HOUSING. THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S DUE TO TWO FACTORS A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND INFLATION. ON A SINGLE NIGHT IN 2024, ABOUT 20% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES WERE 55 AND OLDER. ONE CITY, SEEING THIS IN REAL TIME IS PHOENIX. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S A PLACE MANY GO TO ENJOY RETIREMENT, BUT AT ONE POINT IN 2024, NEARLY 2000 ADULTS AGE 55 AND OLDER WERE UNHOUSED IN MARICOPA COUNTY. OUR CORRESPONDENT JESS GOMEZ TRAVELED TO PHOENIX AS THE CITY, THE STATE AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY RACE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. WHEN I MOVED IN HERE, I COULDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T QUIT SMILING. 65 YEAR OLD ABBY MORRISON, SETTLING INTO HER NEW ROOM AT THE HAVEN. I CLEANED MY ROOM MYSELF. I MADE MY OWN BED. I DO EVERYTHING WITH THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK. CAN YOU MAKE IT SAY 11:10? WHILE IT SOUNDS LIKE A RETIREMENT HOME, THE HAVEN IS MARICOPA COUNTY바카라 게임 웹사이트S NEWEST HOMELESS SHELTER. THE ONCE RUNDOWN MOTEL CONVERTED INTO A 155 ROOM FACILITY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS WITH NO PLACE TO GO. I바카라 게임 웹사이트VE WORKED ALMOST EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. I바카라 게임 웹사이트VE BEEN WORKING SINCE I WAS 16. YOUR ESSENTIALS THAT YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트RE LOOKING FOR ARE. ELEVATOR BED, OF COURSE, BUT AFTER A STROKE AND THEN A HEART ATTACK, ABBY COULDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T WORK OR AFFORD HER RENT. THEY CAME IN AND SAID, WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE RAISING YOUR RENT, AND WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE DOUBLING IT. WE COULDN바카라 게임 웹사이트T AFFORD IT. AND THEY GAVE US THREE DAYS TO GET OUT. ABBY ISN바카라 게임 웹사이트T ALONE. LANDLORDS IN MARICOPA COUNTY FILING A RECORD NUMBER OF EVICTIONS LAST YEAR, NEARLY 90,000 OF THEM. ADDING TO THE SKYROCKETING NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE WITH NO PLACE TO LIVE. WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS THAN WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS SHELTER. WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE TURNING AWAY PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY, EVERY SINGLE DAY AT CASS CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES, WHICH OPERATES THE STATE바카라 게임 웹사이트S LARGEST SHELTER, AND THE HAVEN, CEO, NATHAN SMITH. HE SAYS THE NUMBER OF SENIORS KICKED INTO HOMELESSNESS HERE HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED SINCE 2020. THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S USUALLY SOME KIND OF BREAKDOWN THAT DOESN바카라 게임 웹사이트T ALLOW FOR THE NUMBER ONE MOST IMPORTANT HOMELESSNESS FIGHTER TO KICK IN, WHICH IS THE SUPPORT SYSTEM. AND SO THEN THEY HAVE TO RELY ON THIS SYSTEM OF SERVICE. USUALLY OUR PATIENTS SET UP CAMP AND ON NONPROFITS LIKE CIRCLE THE CITY, WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ONLY CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. HERE, I바카라 게임 웹사이트M GOING TO TOUCH YOUR LEG. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? BUT FOR THE GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. TELL ME ABOUT THE HEADACHES. MEDICAL DIRECTOR DOCTOR JACK PALMER SAYS MORE OLDER ADULTS MEAN MORE CHALLENGES. IF YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트VE ALREADY EVEN HAVE EARLY SIGNS OF DEMENTIA OR MEMORY IMPAIRMENT, BEING ON THE STREET IN JUST THE STRESS OF THOSE THINGS, THOSE CONDITIONS OF DEMENTIA AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT SEEM TO SPIRAL VERY RAPIDLY. THIS WILL BE THEIR THEIR HOME. RACHEL MILNER IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PHOENIX OFFICE OF THE HOMELESS SOLUTIONS. SENIORS IN OUR EMERGENCY CRISIS SITUATION MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME OPTIONS AS OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT WILL MEET THEIR NEEDS WITH HELP FROM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS, THE CITY REMODELING ANOTHER MOTEL NEXT DOOR TO THE HAVEN, 126 APARTMENTS WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE TO LOW INCOME SENIORS FOR LONG-TERM RENTALS. WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE EXIT QUICKLY INTO HOUSING. HOUSING IS WHAT IS GOING TO END SOMEONE바카라 게임 웹사이트S HOMELESSNESS. HOUSING WITH AN INNOVATIVE TWIST AT THE COMPANY, STEEL AND SPARK, THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE CONVERTING OLD SHIPPING CONTAINERS INTO SUSTAINABLE LIVING SPACES FOR A NEW SENIOR COMMUNITY. THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S TREES THAT WRAP THE ENTIRE PARCEL. BUSINESS PARTNERS BRIAN STARK AND KATHLEEN SANTIN. IT REALLY CAME OUT OF COVID. HOW DO WE QUICKLY GET SPACE INTO YOUR BACKYARD? AND FROM THERE, THE CITY CALLED US AND SAID, HEY, HOW DO WE DO THIS FOR HOMELESS? IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S 160FT AND HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED RIGHT OFF THE STREET. THE 100 UNITS POWERED BY LITHIUM BATTERIES AND SOLAR ENERGY. SMALLER SPACES WILL BE USED FOR SHORT TERM HOUSING, LARGER APARTMENTS AVAILABLE FOR LONG-TERM RENTALS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS. STEEL AND SPARK ALREADY PROVIDING VERSIONS OF THE REPURPOSED CONTAINERS TO A HANDFUL OF CITY SHELTERS. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVEN바카라 게임 웹사이트T BEEN HOMELESS THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, AND BECAUSE OF RISING COSTS, THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE FINDING. WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE FINDING 70 YEAR OLD WOMEN LIVING IN TENTS, SO IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S GREAT TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. AND IT READS, YOU GOT THIS, YOU GOT THIS. A SPECIAL MESSAGE OF HOPE IN EACH UNIT BACK AT THE HAVEN, FORMER SHERIFF바카라 게임 웹사이트S OFFICER AND TRUCK DRIVER JOHN HOFFMAN. HE COULD USE A LITTLE OF THAT HOPE. WHY AM I HERE? I DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T BELONG HERE. IT TOOK A LOT OF ADJUSTING. WE DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T NEED MORE SHELTERS. WE NEED MORE HOUSING. WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE GOING TO CONTINUE JUST BEING PROACTIVE. MORE THAN JUST HOUSING. ABBY MORRISON WANTS A HOME. I WANT A PLACE TO LIVE. I WANT A PLACE WHERE MY NIECE AND MY NEPHEWS CAN COME AND SEE ME. COME OVER FOR DINNER. I바카라 게임 웹사이트M READY FOR A NORMAL LIFE. HAVE A GOOD DAY. ABBY. YOU TOO. IN PHOENIX
Phoenix Looks for Solutions to Senior Homelessness
Correspondent Jessica Gomez traveled to Phoenix to see some of the housing alternatives.
Updated: 11:15 PM EDT Apr 5, 2025
A growing number of older Americans are facing homelessness. That increase is being driven by two factors: inflation and lack of affordable housing. On a single night in 2024, about 20% of the people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. were ages 55 and older. In Phoenix, Arizona, the CEO of Central Arizona Shelter Services says the number of unhoused seniors has more than tripled since 2020. Now, city and state officials are working on solutions to get people off the streets. Correspondent Jessica Gomez traveled to Phoenix to see some of the housing alternatives.
A growing number of older Americans are facing homelessness. That increase is being driven by two factors: inflation and lack of affordable housing. On a single night in 2024, about 20% of the people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. were ages 55 and older. In Phoenix, Arizona, the CEO of Central Arizona Shelter Services says the number of unhoused seniors has more than tripled since 2020. Now, city and state officials are working on solutions to get people off the streets. Correspondent Jessica Gomez traveled to Phoenix to see some of the housing alternatives.