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Tucson increases encampment outreach, opens shelters and coordinates cross‑jurisdiction response
Summary
City staff reported 390 encampment cases created in the prior 60 days and described a tiered assessment and multiagency outreach model, long‑running decommissioning work at Hundred Acre Woods and Santa Rita Park closures, and temporary shelter placements including hotels and new congregate shelters.
City staff told the Tucson City Council on Tuesday that encampment response and unsheltered homelessness services continue to expand, with a structured triage process, targeted site actions and new temporary shelter capacity.
Interim Multi‑Agency Resource Coordinator Justin Hamilton and program manager Brandy Champion summarized recent activity: the city had created 390 encampment cases in the previous 60 days with staffing focused in Wards 3 and 6, and staff averaged roughly 64 cases per month before a spike to about 187 per month beginning January 2025 — a change the team attributed in part to greater public…
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