Phoenix’s Effort To Clear Out Sprawling Homeless Camp Known as ‘The Zone’ Stumbles as Neighbors Fret About Drugs and Violence
A business owner of a garage in the area says that things have been ‘a little out of control’ with ‘urine, defecation, drugs, you know, needles on every corner, and they are just doing whatever they want.’

With a court deadline looming on July 10 for the City of Phoenix to clean up a squalid homeless encampment known as “The Zone,” more homeless people than ever are flooding the area despite the city’s aggressive efforts to address the disorder.
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