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Arizona Residents File Lawsuit Hoping to End Homeless ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

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Arizona Residents File Lawsuit Hoping to End Homeless ‘Humanitarian Crisis’
An aerial view of people gathered near a homeless encampment in the afternoon heat in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 21, 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
8/19/2022|Updated: 8/19/2022
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A group of Phoenix, Arizona residents is suing the city over what they believe are policies that enable crime and unsanitary conditions to proliferate in a massive urban homeless encampment known as “the Zone.”

Tempe-based lawyer Stephen Tully filed the 57-page civil action in Maricopa County Superior Court last week on behalf of the 19 plaintiffs.

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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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