House committee advances $5 million rental assistance program with bipartisan backing

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 4, 2026

Words: 1,131

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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For the past three years, evictions in metro Phoenix have exceeded 80,000, but the state still doesn’t have any kind of formal rental assistance program.

That might change this year.

Rep. Alma Hernandez wants to spend $5 million to help renters undergoing financial hardship avoid being kicked out of their homes. The Tucson Democrat proposed a similar plan last year but it failed to earn any support from Republicans, who control the …

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