LULA Peoria

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

Plans are in the works to provide Lula NFP with another $200,000 to continue operating its pop-up shelter for unhoused Peoria residents through June 30.

The Peoria nonprofit housing more than 60 people in a local motel is exploring options after running out of city funding.

A plan to reimburse the nonprofit group Lula for its costs to house unsheltered individuals in a local motel took an unexpected turn Tuesday night when Peoria Mayor Rita Ali proposed increasing the amount eight-fold.

The Peoria City Council considers reimbursing a local nonprofit for their efforts to assist the homeless next Tuesday.

With just under 15 days to go before the city of Peoria's ban targeting homeless encampments on public property goes into effect, Community Development Director Joe Dulin says it’s difficult to define just how ready the city is to enforce it.

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.

Excess food and items left by generous individuals for Peoria's population experiencing homelessness at sites where they gather is actually creating a new…