Judge orders Phoenix to permanently clear the city’s largest homeless encampment by Nov. 4

Judge's order to clear Phoenix homeless encampment could have wider effects

A year after a group of business and property owners sued the city of Phoenix for the growing homelessness encampment near downtown, a judge ruled the city must clear the area. Experts say this could lead to a focus on more permanent solutions for homelessness.

Judge Orders Phoenix To Clean Up The Zone As Toma And Petersen Join Fight Against Encampments

This week, Phoenix officials and the entities that make money off of catering to the drug addled homeless, were dealt a blow when a Maricopa County judge declared Phoenix’s homeless “Zone” an illegal public nuisance. In his 27-page ruling for the Goldwater Institute and its clients, Judge Scott Blaney of the Maricopa County Superior Court,...

Phoenix ordered to permanently clear largest homeless encampment by early November

A judge issued a ruling on Wednesday mandating that Phoenix must permanently clear away the city's largest homeless encampment by Nov. 4.

Judge orders Phoenix's largest homeless encampment to be permanently cleared out in 45 days

A judge recently ordered the city of Phoenix, Arizona, to permanently clear out a homeless encampment known as "the Zone" by November 4.On Wednesday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney issued a ruling on a lawsuit filed by Phoenix residents and business owners concerning the city's largest homeless encampment. They claimed Phoenix "created, maintained, and/or failed to abate a public nuisance."According to the Goldwater Institute,…

Phoenix Business Owners Find Relief as Court Orders City To Clear Homeless Encampment

The ruling may set an example to other cities overwhelmed by unsheltered homeless individuals.

Court orders Phoenix to finish clearing homeless encampment

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ordered the City of Phoenix today to clean out the entirety of the downtown homeless camp, “the Zone,” by Nov. 4 and keep the area free of tents, biohazardous materials and crime going forward.   Judge Scott Blaney issued his final ruling in the months-long lawsuit today, finding in favor of the property owners and residents living and working near the homeless camp.   He wrote, “the Court has little confid…