An Arizona ordinance is showing just how bad the housing situation has become for workers.
“After nearly seven hours of heated debate, Sedona City Council voted 6-1 to approve a program that will provide a safe place to park for workers in the city who are living in their cars.
The Safe Place to Park program will include 40 parking spots for those employed full-time within city limits. It requires participants to actively engage in case management with local social services — with an end goal of securing permanent housing after the program ends. The site will include temporary restrooms, showers and trash bins.
Funded through a two-year grant from the Arizona Department of Housing, the site will be managed by the Verde Valley Homeless Coalition.
They will be responsible for monitoring and enforcing rules within the lot between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. All vehicles will be required to leave during daytime hours . . .
The measure comes as workers are being priced out of housing in Sedona, a picturesque desert city amid majestic red rock formations that draws more than 3 million tourists each year. The median home price has jumped 75% since 2019, according to Zillow, to more than $930,000.”
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