housing

Republican lawmakers are questioning whether Arizona should lease state trust land for solar projects instead of selling more of it for housing development.

Yuma lawmakers from districts 23 and 25 discussed local issues, policy priorities and the upcoming legislative session at AWC’s annual town hall.

In this week’s Arizona Edition, state lawmakers discuss childcare, water, housing and priorities for the next legislative session at AWC’s annual town hall.

Sen. John Kavanagh thinks he's found a way to convert the problems of few affordable rentals and too many schools into a solution: Allow those schools to be sold off or leased to be made into housing for teachers and other government and critical workers.

State lawmakers are moving to give churches the ability to make deals with developers to build homes on their property -- and do so without having to comply with many local zoning regulations.

Gov. Katie Hobbs is now offering up her own plan to override some city regulations to allow for more "starter homes.''

State lawmakers want to give churches, synagogues, mosques and other nonprofit religious institutions the ability to use their land to build what are supposed to be affordable homes -- and do it regardless of whether those projects conflict with area zoning.

A sweeping proposal that would strip larger Arizona cities and towns of the right to set standards for single family home lot and building sizes and bar their ability to set design standards or require features like fencing or garages that was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs last year after massive pressure from cities and towns is back -- with only minor changes.

Gov. Katie Hobbs touted a program to help first-time home buyers Thursday even as she acknowledged it only scratches the surface of the need for affordable housing in Arizona.

Gov. Katie Hobbs said Thursday she has no solution to the problem of available housing being converted into vacation rentals.