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A New Home & A Safe Space: Primavera offers Affordable Housing Around Tucson
KGUN 9
By: JJ McKinney
Feb. 19, 2026
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STAR six months later: take a look inside Tucson's first temporary tent village
KGUN 9 News
By: Alex Dowd
April 22, 2026
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Tucson City Council reviews homelessness, heat efforts
Tucson Spotlight
By: Ian Stash
May 7, 2026
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STAR Village 'safe sleeping site' to continue for 2nd year

Tucson Sentinel
By: Mia Kortright
May 21, 2026

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South Tucson blooms, posts pain primary and more
Tucson Spotlight
By: Topacio "Topaz" Servellon, Quentin S. Agnello, and Caitlin Schmidt
June 17, 2026
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This is Tucson
Grab your tickets for the 24th annual Primavera Cooks Dining Series
By: Jamie Donnelly
August 11, 2026

Tucson Spotlight
South Tucson blooms, posts pain primary and more
By: Topacio "Topaz" Servellon, Quentin S. Agnello, and Caitlin Schmidt
June 17, 2026

KOLD News 13
STAR Village prepares for summer weather with new tents, cooling sites
By: Kayla Butter
May 15, 2026

Tucson Sentinel
STAR Village 'safe sleeping site' to continue for 2nd year
By: Mia Kortright
May 21, 2026

Tucson Sentinel
Tucson wants to tap nonprofit for mobile shower; Faith charity launches its own
By: Mia Kortright
May 12, 2026

Tucson Spotlight
Tucson City Council reviews homelessness, heat efforts
By: Ian Stash
May 7, 2026

Tucson News
Tucson's proposed budget includes extension of outdoor sleeping program
By: Sarah Lupidus
April 28, 2026

AZ Central
Tucson's outdoor sleeping program reaches 6 months. Has it worked?
By: Sarah Lapidus
April 27, 2026

News 4 Tucson - KVOA
Tucson's emergency housing guide: Where to find shelter, food and medical care
By: Edgar Lopez
April 22, 2026

KGUN 9 News
STAR six months later: take a look inside Tucson's first temporary tent village
By: Alex Dowd
April 22, 2026

News 4 Tucson - KVOA
Tucson's Star Village sees success six months after opening
By: Cassandra Scott
April 15, 2026

AZPM
Three Tucson cooling centers open ahead of time
By: Laura Holanszky
Mar. 19, 2026

KOLD 13 News
PCC students host annual RISE for Homeless Veterans event
By: Tolulope Ajayi
Mar. 16, 2026

KGUN 9
Tucson Police see drop in calls for service near STAR Village
By: Kayla Butter
Feb. 27, 2026

KGUN 9
A New Home & A Safe Space: Primavera offers Affordable Housing Around Tucson
By: JJ McKinney
Feb. 19, 2026

AZPM
How an unhoused former teacher found hope at STAR Village
By: Laura Holanszky
Feb. 13, 2026

Tucson Sentinel
Tucson officials: STAR Village homeless camp continuing through pilot year, future unknown
By: Mia Kortright
Feb. 10, 2026

KOLD 13 News
Tucson City Council votes to declare housing, homelessness emergency
By: Paris Fransway
Feb. 5, 2026

KOLD 13 News
City leaders, residents reflect on 100 Days of STAR Village
By: Kayla Butter
Jan. 23, 2026

News 4 Tucson - KVOA
Tucson's STAR Village marks 100 days helping homeless women
By: KVOA Staff
Jan. 28, 2026

Tucson Local Media
Community foundation grants $392K across Southern Arizona?
By: Tucson Local Media Staff
Jan. 5, 2026

KGUN 9
Honoring lives lost on the streets: National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
By: Vanessa Gongora
Dec. 22, 2025

Photo Courtesy: Paul Ingram

Tucson Sentinel
'Until there is no longer a list:' Memorial honors 250 of Tucson's homeless who died this year
By: Mia Kortright
Dec. 22, 2025

AZPM
Homelessnes in Arizona: What can be done?
By: The Press Room
Nov. 28, 2025

KGUN 9
Tucson Gives Back: Local nonprofits looking for support this Giving Tuesday
By: Don Davis
Dec. 1, 2025

Photo Courtesy: Paul Ingram

Tucson Sentinel
Tucson clears out 100-Acre Wood homeless encampment
By: Paul Ingram
Nov. 20, 2025

Photo Courtesy: Bo Evans, KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Resources for the unhoused: Shelters, food, health and support services
By: KGUN 9 News Staff
Nov. 18, 2025

KOLD 13 News
Pima County Board of Supervisors request control of short-term rentals to address housing crisis
Nov. 4, 2025

KOLD 13 News
Tucson’s STAR Village opens with enhanced security measures
Oct. 15, 2025

Tucson Sentinel
STAR Village opening in Tucson, begins sheltering up to 25 people this week
By: Mia Kortright
Oct. 14, 2025

KGUN 9
Tucson opens STAR Village, a safe haven for homeless women
By: Vanessa Gongora
Oct. 14, 2025

Photo Courtesy: Chorus Nylander, KVOA

KVOA
Tucson gives tour of first "safe sleeping site" for women and non-binary
By: Chorus Nylander
Oct. 14, 2025

KOLD 13 News
Inside look of STAR Village ahead of its opening
By: Kayla Butter
Oct. 14, 2025

KGUN9
Village for homeless women coming to Grant Road
By: Craig Smith
Oct. 8, 2025

KOLD 13 News
Tucson's STAR Village to open next week
By: Kayla Butter
Oct. 7, 2025

Photo Courtesy: Angelina Maynes, Tucson Spotlight

Tucson Spotlight
Community leaders unite to tackle housing crisis amid federal cuts
By: Angelina Maynes
May 20, 2025

Arizona Luminaria
Pima County proposes raising property taxes to build more affordable housing
By: John Washington
May 7, 2025

Tucson Foodie
Cyclovia Tucson: What to Eat & Drink While Cruisin’ Around
By: Matt Sterner
Apr. 2, 2025

Arizona Daily Star
A look at the history behind Tucson's Primavera Foundation
By: Christine Wald-Hopkins
Mar. 28, 2025

Arizona Luminaria
Why Tucson is looking to Phoenix’s sanctioned campground for homeless residents
By: Yana Kunichoff
Feb. 18, 2025

Arizona Daily Star
Local opinion: Federal chaos calls for local collaboration
By: Tisha Tallman
Jan. 31, 2025

Tucson Agenda
A doozy of a week
By: Joe Ferguson
Jan. 27, 2025

Arizona Daily Star
Trump orders could put funds for Tucson projects in limbo
By: Charles Borla and Divya Gupta
Jan. 26, 2025

Univision Noticias
“Portraits of a New Beginning” Acknowledgments
By: Univision
Jan. 17, 2025

Arizona Daily Star
Tucson trio performing twin benefit concert
By: Cathalena E. Burch
Dec. 31, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Paul Ingram, Tucson Sentinel

Tucson Sentinel
Photos: Vigil at Pauper's Field honors Tucson homeless people who died in 2024
By: Paul Ingram
Dec. 20, 2024

Rep. Raul Grijalva
Rep. Grijalva Applauds $19.9 million in Environmental Justice Funds for Primavera Foundation
By: Rep. Grijalva
Nov. 21, 2024

KGUN9
After eviction, one Tucsonan shares her story during her struggle to find affordable housing
By: Tina Giuliano
Nov. 15, 2024

Arizona Daily Star
Giving back in Southern Arizona
By: Arizona Daily Star Staff
Oct. 13, 2024

Arizona Daily Wildcat
VOTEriaAZ aims to register 40,000 voters
By: Zoe Montaño, Arizona Sonoran News
Sept. 22, 2024

Tucson Local Media
Tucson nonprofits work in partnership to confront community challenges
By: Jimmy Magahern
Sept. 18, 2024

KOLD
Tucson organization receives $3 million grant to fight veteran homelessness
By: Tolulope Ajayi
Sept. 5, 2024

KOLD
LIST: Cooling centers in Pima County open in September
By: KOLD 13 News Staff
Sept. 3, 2024

Arizona Daily Star
Golf tournament to help with emergency, transitional housing for women
By: Loni Nannini, Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Sept. 2, 2024

Signals AZ
Funding for Low-income Housing Approved by Pima County Board of Supervisors
By: Signals AZ
Aug. 22, 2024

Pima County
Supervisors approve funding for low-income housing
By: Pima County
Aug. 20, 2024

LegiStorm
Gallego Announces $41.5 Million to Combat Veteran Homelessness in Arizona
By: LegiStorm
Aug. 16, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Robert Thornton via Facebook

Tucson Sentinel
After permit tussle, Cloud Covered Streets providing mobile showers & laundry to Tucson's homeless
By: Natalie Robbins
Aug. 16, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Arizona Housing Coalition

Arizona Housing Coalition
We're Put On This Earth to Help Each Other
By: Arizona Housing Coalition
Aug. 8, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Grace Trejo, Arizona Daily Star

This Is Tucson
These 4 Tucsonans were once unsheltered. Now, they're working to bring hope to Tucson streets.
By: Elvia Verdugo
July 19, 2024

Tucson Agenda
Fact-checking border soundbites
By: Susan Barnett and Caitlin Schmidt
July 18, 2024

Arizona Digital Free Press
The Arizona Housing Fund awards Primavera and La Frontera in Tucson
By: Arizona Digital Free Press Staff
July 17, 2024

Photo Courtesy: KGUN 9

KGUN 9
More affordable housing coming to South Tucson
By: Reyna Preciado
July 13, 2024

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
SAVAHCS addresses support to combat Veteran Homelessness with the Greater Tucson Community
By: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
July 9, 2024

KVOA
Old Pueblo to receive new funding to help provide housing for Tucsonans experiencing homelessness
By: KVOA Staff
June 26, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Jacqueline Aguilar, KGUN 9

KGUN 9
One woman's food truck brings free food, hope to the homeless
By: Jacqueline Aguilar
June 26, 2024

KOLD
LIST: Cooling centers in Tucson
By: KOLD 13 News Staff
June 6, 2024

Tucson Foodie
Things To Do (June 2024): Margarita Competition, Dinners & More
By: Pilar Andrade
June 3, 2024

KGUN 9
Adding affordable homes with transportation nearby
By: Craig Smith
May 28, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Luke Gil

Arizona Daily Star
Primavera Cooks! summer benefit features gourmet meals
By: Loni Nannini, Special to the Arizona Daily Star
May 27, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Robert Lindberg/AZPM Staff

The Buzz
The Buzz: Housing Round Table Discussions
By: Zachary Ziegler
May 24, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Arizona Jewish Post

Arizona Jewish Post
Celebrating Another Year of Being Better Together at Handmaker
By: Nanci Levy
May 22, 2024

Photo Courtesy: KVOA

KVOA
Pima Community College R.I.S.E. for homeless Veterans
By: Noah Spencer
March 13, 2024

Photo Courtesy: KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Housing First mobile shower trailer brings free showers to community
By: Alex Dowd
Feb. 26, 2024

Yahoo News
Housing First mobile shower trailer brings free showers to community
Feb. 26, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Tucson Agenda

Tucson Agenda
Brainstorming a brighter future
By: Caitlin Schmidt and Curt Prendergast
Feb. 9, 2024

Photo Courtesy: KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Local organizations looking for solutions to homelessness share their approaches
Jan. 26, 2024

Tucson Agenda
The Daily Agenda: Moving the needle after a 50-year standstill
By: Caitlin Schmidt and Curt Prendergast
Jan. 12, 2024

Photo Courtesy: Bank of America

Inside Tucson Business
Bank of America names Habitat Tucson neighborhood champion
By: Inside Tucson Business Staff
Dec. 29, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Natasha Cortinovis

Arizona Luminaria
Food, music and blessings from a bright yellow burrito trailer
By: Natasha Cortinovis
Dec. 28, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Paul Ingram, Tucson Sentinel

Tucson Sentinel
Photos: Vigil at Pauper's Field honors Tucson homeless people who died in 2023
By: Paul Ingram
Dec. 21, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Paul Ingram, Tucson Sentinel

Tucson Sentinel
Tucson community to gather Thursday to remember homeless people who died in 2023
By: Jim Nintzel
Dec. 20, 2023

Photo Courtesy: KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Winter Solstice remembrance: Honoring lives lost in Pauper's Field in Tucson
By: Tina Giuliano & Anne Simmons
Dec. 20, 2023

Tucson Mayor and City Council
Mayor Regina Romero Reads Proclamation to Acknowledge Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
(5:36:00-5:43:00 Mark)
Dec. 12, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Lyceum Agency

Tucson Sentinel
Author Desmond encourages Tucsonans to become 'poverty abolitionists'
By: Jim Nintzel
Dec. 8, 2023

Tucson Agenda
The Daily Agenda: Fixing a self-created problem
By: Caitlin Schmidt & Curt Prendergast
Dec. 8, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Buckmaster Communications, LLC

Buckmaster Show
Buckmaster Show 12/5/2023: The rapid decline of glaciers in the American West
By: Bill Buckmaster
Dec. 5, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Anthony Bolante

Phoenix Business Journal
Three Arizona nonprofits receive $15 million from Jeff Bezos' fund
By: Mignon A. Gould
Dec. 1, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Mikenzie Hammel, KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Volunteer-lead Thanksgiving feast bonds Foothills community
By: Mikenzie Hammel
Nov. 23, 2023

CBS News
Jeff Bezos fund donates $117 million to support homeless charities. Here are the recipients.
By: CBS News
Nov. 21, 2023

BizTUCSON
Primavera Foundation Gets $5 Million from Bezos Day 1 Family Fund
By: BizTUCSON
Nov. 21, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Shelly Welander, Tucson Lifestyle

Tucson Lifestyle
Streets & Shelters
By: Scott Barker
Nov. 20, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Shutterstock

Patch
Giving Tuesday 2023: 5 Ways To Give Back In Tucson
By: Patch Community Leaders
Nov. 3, 2023

Photo Courtesy: KVOA/Pexels

KVOA
City of Tucson opening cooling centers to escape the heat
July 19, 2023

Arizona Daily Star
Gourmet dining fundraiser to help Tucson's Primavera Foundation
By: Loni Nannini
July 10, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Greg Macelroy, Cronkite News

Tucson Sentinel
Tucson opens cooling stations to combat excessive heat
By: Tucson Sentinel Staff
June 9, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Patrick Breen, The Republic

AZCentral
Opinion: How will Arizona react as Title 42 border restrictions, homeless camp come to an end?
By: Tisha Tallman
May 11, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Lauri Kaye, via Tucson Weekly

Tucson Weekly
Art comes to life during portrait festival
By: Laura Lutzko
March 9, 2023

Photo Courtesy: Kenny Darr, KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Unhoused Veteran wants to break stigma surrounding homelessness
By: Kenny Darr
Feb. 10, 2023

Photo Courtesy: KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Primavera Foundation commemorates Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
By: Anne Simmons
Dec. 22, 2022

Photo Courtesy: KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Project Action for Veterans offers solutions to prevent homelessness
By: Pat Parris
Dec. 7, 2022

Photo Courtesy: Sean Logan, The Republic

Arizona Republic
Arizona distributes almost $41M to affordable housing and homeless-aid groups
By: Catherine Reagor
Nov. 5, 2021

Photo Courtesy: KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Primavera Foundation opens new resource center
By: Megan Meier
Sept. 27, 2021

Photo Courtesy: Scott Griessel, Creatista

Arizona Daily Star
Primavera Cooks! Fundraiser returns with four dinners at Tucson restaurants
By: Loni Nannini
Aug. 2, 2021

Photo Courtesy: KGUN 9

KGUN 9
Primavera Foundation to open new center to help Tucsonans in need
By: Megan Meier
June 22, 2021

KOLD
Tucson agencies respond to excessive heat, need water donations
By: Brooke Chaplain
June 16, 2021

Photo Courtesy: Rick Wiley, Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Daily Star
New center in Tucson will help meet increased needs of those homeless or at risk
By: Patty Machelor
May 30, 2021

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