Once known as the largest homeless encampment of its kind in Phoenix, The Zone is now clear of homeless people, but there is still a homelessness crisis in the City of Phoenix.
Members of a Phoenix City Council subcommittee seemed skeptical of the Department of Justice's timeline of investigation, with the concern the city could be pigeonholed into a consent decree.
The Office of Homeless Solutions had to tackle the difficult issue of moving nearly 1,000 unhoused people, and their possessions, off the streets where some had been living for years.
At its peak, The Zone took up roughly 15 city blocks in downtown Phoenix. Some 1,000 people were staying in the area that was filled with tents, handmade shelters, platforms