housing programs

Peoria city government this week asked local professionals and residents for assistance and feedback to help build more and better housing.

In the resumption of a regular interview series, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses the desire to see more activity return to downtown, as well as ongoing efforts aimed at business development, crime reduction and addressing the city’s housing needs.

Peoria’s need for more residential development to address historically low available housing emerged as a focal point of Mayor Rita Ali’s annual State of the City address on Thursday.

Dream Center Peoria is exploring the possibility of pursuing a “tiny homes” development as a way to help the city address a growing unsheltered population.

The City of Peoria will provide Phoenix Community Development Services with a gap payment to cover some operational costs for New Hope Apartments.

This year’s agenda includes many long-running asks, like protecting the local share of tax revenue and reforming public safety pensions. It also highlights requests for “missing middle” housing and Safe-T Act revisions.

The City of Peoria is asking the state legislature for assistance in developing solutions for a “missing middle” gap in housing needs.

Anxious. Uncertain. Fearful. These are just a few of the emotions Peoria’s unsheltered residents and advocacy groups are feeling in the aftermath of the city’s recently approved public encampment ban.

The former trailer park is being transformed into Providence Place, a duplex at 1307 N. Fifth St. where two families can live and have their lives transformed by faith and community support while they work toward a goal of permanent housing.

The former Methodist College of Nursing building downtown may soon become supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness.