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One Thing: Does Clearing Homeless Camps Just Extend the Crisis?

CNN 5 Things

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The Zone in Phoenix

Homelessness in Maricopa County has grown 46% since 2019. Nearly a thousand people right around 900 live in this encampment, which has been called the zone by locals. "We met so many people on the street and it gave us a much better sense of just how nuanced this issue is," says CNN's John Sutter.

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