October 12, 2025
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Arizona Could Become First State To Compensate Residents, Business Owners for Property Damage Caused by Homeless Nuisances

Jesse04 mins

As residents and business owners grow increasingly frustrated with open drug use, public urination, and panhandling affecting their properties, Arizona’s voters will consider a ballot measure to refund property taxes to taxpayers affected by homeless nuisances — a first-of-its-kind effort that could serve as a model to states across the country. The state’s legislature approved…

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Lawmakers doubling down on zoning

Jesse07 mins

That run-down strip mall down the street? Imagine new condos or apartments.The set of empty lots in the middle of an established neighborhood? Think of them filled with as many small homes with no yards as a developer could cram onto the space.Those and a series of other proposals designed to address…

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Arizona attorney general sues landlords over ‘astronomical’ apartment rent hikes

Jesse02 mins

Nine prominent landlords and a software company engaged in a price-fixing operation that led to “astronomical” apartment rent hikes in Arizona’s two largest metro areas, Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.The lawsuit alleges that Texas-based software company RealPage, Inc., which works for landlords to collect data on the rental market,…

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