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Council renews Keys to Change contract with oversight conditions after finance concerns
Summary
Phoenix City Council approved a contract extension for Keys to Change, the city-funded homeless services campus, with conditions including a non‑voting city seat on Keys’ finance committee, monthly meetings between city and board leaders and a scheduled review of the relationship at the end of 2025.
Phoenix City Council on July 2 voted unanimously to extend the city’s contract with Keys to Change, a nonprofit that runs a large homeless services campus, while imposing specific oversight measures after staff raised concerns about the organization’s recent financial management.
Vice Mayor O’Brien placed the item and described vendor payment issues staff had documented, including late vendor payments and operating deficits. He said the city needed “oversight and accountability” because Keys to Change receives a sizable share of taxpayer support. “The City of Phoenix is responsible for funding a quarter of this year's $24,000,000 Keys to Change budget. That's roughly $6,000,000 a year,” O’Brien said during…
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