Housing affordability and evictions
Maricopa County justice courts processed more than 80,000 eviction filings in 2025 for the third straight year, contributing to rising family homelessness and full shelters. High housing costs are a top voter concern; the Board has launched eviction-prevention pilots with Phoenix in hard-hit ZIP codes and one-time funds to keep people housed while also promoting broader affordable-housing and economic-development efforts.
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Sources
Chair Kate Brophy McGee — https://www.maricopa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/115156/Kate-Brophy-McGee-Chair-Speech
Justice Courts processed >80,000 eviction filings in 2025 (third straight year at that level), contributing to homelessness (family homelessness at highest since 2015 in some reports; full shelters and waitlists).
Maricopa County Board — https://www.maricopa.gov/m/NewsFlash/Home/Detail/3708
Board response: Pilot programs for eviction prevention (e.g., with City of Phoenix in hard-hit ZIP codes, focusing on early intervention around missed rent); one-time funds for interventions to keep people housed; broader affordable housing efforts
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Enact strong renter protections, rent control, and large public housing investment
- Expand eviction-prevention funding and legal aid for tenants county-wide
- Continue limited pilots and encourage more private affordable-housing development
- Focus mainly on economic growth and job creation to improve incomes
- Reduce regulations on landlords and speed evictions to increase housing supply
- End most tenant-assistance programs and rely solely on market forces
- Eliminate zoning limits and subsidies so only private market solutions remain