AN INVESTIGATION FINDS THAT TENANTS ACCUSED OF SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF THEIR LEASE AGREEMENTS AUTOMATICALLY LOSE FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE...ALSO TONIGHT: A NEW TREATMENT OFFERS NEW HOPE FOR PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA...AND, A NON-PROFIT LOOKS TO DE- STIGMATIZE THE HOMELESS.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
I'M TED SIMONS.STILL NO STATE BUDGET.
LAWMAKERS CONTINUE ATTEMPTS TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BY GETTING A SPENDING PLAN TO THE GOVERNOR FOR SIGNATURE BEFORE TUESDAY'S START OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.THE GOVERNOR'S VETOED 2-BUDGETS PUSHED BY THE HOUSE, IN FAVOR OF THE SENATE'S 17.6-BILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN.
THAT PLAN WAS NEGOTIATED "WITH" THE GOVERNOR.
THE HOUSE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON THE SENATE PLAN ANY MOMENT NOW.
BUT IF THE HOUSE MAKES ANY CHANGES, THE BUDGET GOES BACK TO THE SENATE WHERE IT WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED AGAIN.ON CAPITOL HILL: A TOP SENATE OFFICIAL TODAY RULED THAT A NUMBER OF THE MEASURES IN THE REPUBLICAN DOMESTIC POLICY BILL VIOLATE THE CHAMBER'S RULES AND CANNOT REMAIN IN THE BILL.THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN'S RULING INCLUDED KEY HEALTHCARE CUTS, LIMITS ON FOOD ASSISTANT PROGRAMS AND AN EFFORT TO SELL OFF FEDERAL LAND.
THE SENATE'S MAJORITY LEADER CALLED THE SET- BACK A, QUOTE, "BUMP IN ROAD."
*SOT* [TAKE SOT NAME:HRZN0626-SOT THUNE OUTCUE:REST ASSURED WE WILL.
>> WE CAN'T CONTROL HIM.
REST ASHORE, WE WILL GET BACK ON TRACK.
>> THE PRESIDENT SET A JULY 4th DEADLINE DEADLINE TO GET THE SWEEPING DOMESTIC POLICY BILL ENACTED.THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TODAY RULED THAT STATES CAN BLOCK MEDICAID FUNDING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
IT WAS A 6-3 DECISION, WITH THE COURT'S 3-LIBERAL JUSTICES DISSENTING.
THE DECISION REVERSED AN APPEALS COURT RULING AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA'S EXCLUDING OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD FROM THE STATE'S MEDICAID PROGRAM.
THE WHITE HOUSE APPLAUDED TODAY'S DECISION.
>> THE PRESIDENT MAINTAINED THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TAX DOLLARS FUND ABORTIONS AND GLAD THE SUPREME COURT WAS ON THAT SIDE.
FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDS FROM BEING USED FOR ABORTIONS.
BUT MANY LOW- INCOME PATIENTS USE PLANNED PARENTHOOD FOR OTHER HEALTH SERVICES, ESPCIALLY IN AREAS WHERE IT'S HARD TO FIND MEDICAID PROVIDERS.THE SUPREME COURT IS SET TO RELEASE A NUMBER OF FINAL DECISIONS FROM ITS CURRENT TERM TOMORROW, INCLUDING A CASE INVOLVING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.AND BILL MOYERS HAS DIED.
HE DIED TODAY AT THE AGE OF 91BILL MOYERS WENT FROM PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON'S WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, TO A WELL- ROUNDED AND MUCH-RESPECTED JOURNALIST, MOST NOTABLY ON PBS, WERE HE PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF INTELLIGENT AND PROVOCATIVE PROGRAMS, RANGING FROM GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ABUSE TO RELIGION TO MODERN DANCE.
BILL MOYERS SELF-DESCRIBED "CITIZEN JOURNALIST," DEAD AT 91.
>> AN INVESTIGATION BY THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC LOOKS AT LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT ALLOW FOR EVICTIONS OF TENANTS BASED ON ACCUSATIONS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THAT INVESTIGATION ALSO FOUND THAT THOSE EVICTIONS ALSO COME WITH THE LOSS OF FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
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TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME BACK HANNA DREYFUS, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC AND AZ-CENTRAL-DOT-COM >> TELL US WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CRIME FREE A ADDENDUM.
WHAT THEY ARE SIGNING AWAY IS THE ABILITY FOR A LANDLORD TO EVICT.
IF SUSPECTED OF A CRIME.
THE LANDLORD CAN PURSUE AN EVICTION ACTION IF THERE IS NO CRIMINAL CHARGE, CONVICTION, POLICE ACTIVITY OR CRIME.
I WAS SURPRISED THIS IS THE CASE AND WAS INTENT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS IS EFFECTED.
>> THIS CAN EFFECT THE TEN UNANIMOUS TOO.
>> THEY EXPANDED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TEN UNANIMOUS.
NOT JUST THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR BUT THE BEHAVIOR OF GUESTS, AFFILIATED PERSONS, AND PEOPLE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
>> WE SPOKE ABOUT HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO REDUCE CRIME.
GET THE BAD ACTORS OUT AND GET THE PLACE PUT-UP FOR RENT.
IS IT WORKING?
IT IS NOT REDUCING.
>> WITH THE FIRST OF IT'S KIND DATA ACROSS ARIZONA.
WE FOUND THROUGH FEDERAL DATA ON CRIME THAT IT'S NOT REDUCING CRIME AT ALL.
WHICH WAS REALLY AN ATTACK ON THE ESSENTIAL REASONS THAT THE CRIME FREE ADDENDUMS EXIST.
>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE LATEST INSTALLMENT ON THE INVESTIGATION.
THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE EVICTED YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE A THING BUT YOU LOSE FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
>> EXACTLY, THIS IS THE SECOND STAGE I'D LIKE TO LOOK INTO.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CASCADING HARM THAT COMES FROM AN EVICTION.
THEY ARE NOT AUTOMATIC APPARENT.
FOLKS WAITING FOR FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR YEARS, THEY ARE ON WAIT LISTS.
IF SOMEONE IS ACCUSED BY THEIR LANDLORD OF A CRIME.
NOT ONLY DO THAT I LOSE THEIR HOUSING BUT KICKED OFF THE PROGRAM.
>> ARE THEY KICKED OFF FOR GOOD OR CHANCE TO COME BACK OVERTIME?
DO WE KNOW?
>> MANY THAT HAVE THEIR ASSISTANCE CUT DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN CHALLENGE THE DECISION.
YOU CAN APPEAL THE DECISION AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND SOMETIMES NOT.
THE DECISION IS AUTOMATIC ONCE ACCUSED BY A CRIME.
>> YOU SPOKE ABOUT A SCOTTSDALE SINGLE MOM, HER DAUGHTERS WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING.
NO ONE WAS ARRESTED AND NO CHARGES.
>> IT'S MORE INTERESTING THAN THAT.
I SPOKE TO A SINGER MOM KERRY.
SHE HAD DAUGHTERS THAT WERE A VICTIM OF AN ASSAULT.
A GROUP OF TEENS DROVE TO THEIR PROPERTY, GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND ATTACKED THEM.
THEY WERE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND EVICTED FOR THAT.
>> SHE FOUND OUT HER SECTION 8 IS GONE.
>> EXACTLY, HE FOUND OUT SHE WAS BEING VIC -- EVICTED BECAUSE HER DAUGHTERS WERE INVOLVED AND FOUND OUT SHE WAS REMOVED FROM THE FEDERAL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
>> SHE WAS HOMELESS AT ONE TIME.
GOT ON THE LIST AND APARTMENT AND IT'S GONE.
>> KERRY HAD BEEN HOMELESS AND KIDS LIVED WITH FAMILY ON AND OFF FOR YEARS.
SHE HAD ASSISTANCE FOR A YEAR AND THEN IT WAS TERMINATED.
>> DID YOU HEAR MORE OF THIS?
>> YES, I CAME ACROSS THESE STORIES AND WHAT IS INTERESTING.
THE STORIES INVOLVED TENANTS THAT LOSE THEIR FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE EVEN WHEN THE LANDLORD DROPS THEIR EVICTION.
THE LANDLORD WILL SAY, NEVER MIND, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH JUSTIFICATION.
>> SOMETHING ABOUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.
>> I'M DOING MY BEST TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF LAWMAKERS.
I'M DOING THIS WITH SEVERAL WHO ARE INTERESTED, IF THERE IS BE A WAY TO CHANGE THE WAY THE CRIME FREE LEASE ADDENDUMS EFFECT TENANTS.
REALIZING THE DOWNWARD AND CASCADING EFFECTS THAT LOSING ONES HOUSING CAN HAVE ON A FAMILY.
I'M TRYING TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF LAWMAKERS.
IT'S COME TO THE ATTENTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL RALES.
I'M DOING EVERYTHING TO GET IMPACT FROM WHAT I HAVE DONE.
>> THIS EFFECTS LOW INCOME MINORITY RENTERS.
>> THESE BLACK NON-WHITE RENTERS.
>> ARIZONA IS ONE OF HOW MANY STATES THAT HAVE THESE?
>> WELL, THESE ORIGINATED IN ARIZONA.
>> HUM.
>> AT THIS POINT AND TIME, THEY ARE SO POPULARIZED THEY EXIST IN EVERY STATE AT THIS POINT.
THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE ILLINOIS THAT HAVE STARTED TO BECOME AWARE OF THE FACT THEY HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES.
MOST RECENTLY LOOKING TO LIMIT THEM.
>> I WOULD THINK MODIFYING TO A CERTAIN GOOD EVENING DEGREE.
YOU CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND THAT.
IF THERE HASN'T BEEN A CHARGE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE WHEN YOU PUT THEM BACK OUT IF THEY DON'T GET HELP.
>> IT ORIGINATED IN THE 90s.
THIS IS A TOUGH ON CRIME POLICY.
WE MUST COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE THERE IS NO TOLERANCE OF CRIMEMENT A ONE STRIKE YOU ARE OUT.
IT PENALIZES PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T INVOLVED AT ALL.
THEY WEREN'T INVOLVED WITH THE POLICE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SINGLE MOM WITH THE DAUGHTERS.
>> I FOLLOWED KERRY'S JOURNEY FOR 99 DAYS WHEN LIVING IF HER CAR.
THERE WERE TIMES SHE COULDN'T CHARGE HER PHONE.
SHE WAS ABLE TO GET AN APARTMENT IN FLAGSTAFF.
SHE WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH A LAWYER TO GET HER HOUSING ASSISTANCE BACK.
THE DECISION TO TERMINATE HER WAS OVERTURNED.
SHE'S A LUCKY ONE.
SHE HAS IT BACK AND HOUSED WITH HER CHILDREN IN FLAGSTAFF.
>> THAT'S NICE TO HEAR.
THE INVESTIGATION GOES ON.
ARE THERE MORE PARTS OF THE STORY HOW THEY WILL FOLLOW UP PROSECUTING FOLKS.
>> GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU, TED.
>> THERE'S A NEW IMMUNO-THERAPY TREATMENT FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA, A BLOOD CANCER THAT'S BEEN DEEMED UNCURABLE.
DR. MATTHEW IS A MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST AT THE BANNER MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
OF ALL OF THE CANCERS WE HAVE GREAT STRIDES ON THIS.
>> ONE THING I'D SAY THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE ESPECIALLY WITHIN BLOOD CANCERS IS UNDERSTANDING THE UNDERPINNING THAT CAUSES OF THE DISEASE AT THE DNA AND CELL LEVEL LEAD TO A LOT OF ADVANCES.
THIS IS ONE WE ARE SEEING ADVANCES IN IMMUNOTHERAPY.
>> THE ONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A COMPANY IN CHINA.
>> THEY WERE INITIALLY WITH CHINA AND NOW PART OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> TALK TO US ABOUT CAR TEE.
>> IT'S A GOAL OF USING YOUR OWN CELLS TO BETTER FIND CANCER.
TAKE THE CELLS OUT OF THE BLOOD STREAM.
THEY ARE NOT MISSING THEM WHILE THEY ARE GONE.
THEY PUT NEW DNA IN THE CELLS AND THEY ARE RELEASED TO FIND THE CANCER CELLS AND DO WHAT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS MADE TO DO.
>> IS IT THE KIND OF THING TO TAKE A BIT OF THE CELLS.
DO WE NEED A BUNCH OF THEM.
HOW LONG DOES THE TREATMENT LAST AND WHAT WAS INVOLVED.
>> ONCE THEY WERE TAKEN OUT IT'S USUALLY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS WHERE HER THAT WERE IN THE LAB GETTING MANUFACTURED.
IT'S A ONE TIME ONLY TREATMENT.
THEY RECEIVE DOSAGES OF CHEMO TO RECEIVE IT.
IT GOES IN THROUGH AN IV.
THEY FIND THEIR WAY INSIDE THE BODY.
>> THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE.
I MEAN, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE CANCER WHOSE GONE AFTER FIVE YEARS.
IS IT GONE?
>> WE BALK AT THE WORD CURE.
THIS IS EXCITING FOR THIS DISEASE WHERE FOR MANY DECADES THERE WAS NOTHING OTHER THAN CHEMOTHERAPY.
IT MEANT BEING ON TREATMENT ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME.
THIS PRODUCT.
THEY DON'T NEED ANY MORE ISSUES.
PATIENTS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TEE CELLS WE CAN LEARN.
IT WORN OUT BY THE TREATMENTS.
THE MORE FUNCTIONAL THE T CELLS ARE THE BETTER PATIENTS RESPOND.
INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR LINES OF TREATMENT.
IS IMMUNE THERAPY THE OLDEST TYPE IS JUST REPLACED.
THAT WAS STARTED BACK IN THE 50s FOR THE INITIAL RESEARCH.
THE ITERATION OF THAT.
THIS IS MORE SPECIFIC.
A TYPE OF CELLULAR THERAPY.
YOU GET THE PATIENTS OWN CELLS AND HON THEM AND PUT THEM BACK IN.
IT'S REALLY GOOD ADVANCES AND RECENTLY IN MELANOMA.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE OTHER BLOOD DISEASES AND OTHER SORTS OF THINGS.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
THE FIRST STEP TO CELL YOU'RE LAR THERAPY IS BRINGING IT SOONER.
THE HEALTHIER THE BETTER.
THE TRIAL LOOKING AT LYMPHOMA.
THERE ARE SO MANY DISEASES THAT ARE AS YET, NOT YET BENEFITING FROM THIS.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF TRIALS AND CANCER AND LUNG CANCER.
WE TRY TO ADVANCE THE BALL FORWARD.
CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER TO RECEIVE AND MAKE MORE PATIENTS AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE THE LOWER SIDE EFFECT.
>> I'M GLAD.
THANK YOU.
>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ON THE DOORSTEP.
DR. MATTHEW, GOOD STUFF.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> DISTRIBUTING MEALS TO THE HOMELESS.
THIS IS WHAT THE CONNECTION ON THE STREETS.
>> EARLIER THIS WEEK THE COFOUNDER IS PROJECT BELL.
>> WE ARE SLOWLY EXPANDING THE CITY OF SEATTLE, PHOENIX, AND AUSTIN, TEXAS.
WE USE CARE PACKAGES AS AN ICEBREAKER TO START THE CONGRESS VERYIZATION FOR THE MOST VENERABLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THROUGH THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE COVID-19 CRISIS WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN THOSE POPULATIONS.
WE TRY TO BE THERE FOR THE MOST VENERABLE.
I REALIZED THAT.
>> I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE LISTENING PART.
THE WARE PACKAGE, WHAT'S INSIDE.
>> THE CARE PACKAGES HAVE HYGIENE KITS.
ALONG WITH THOSE, WE HAVE SHAMPOO, DEODORANT AND FEEL CONFIDENT.
EVERYONE LIKES THE FEELING.
SO, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON AND CITY.
IN THE WINTER MONTHS IT'SERER RAINY.
WE GET UMBRELLAS AND PONCHOS.
BLANKETS, GLOVES, AND SOCKS.
IN PHOENIX IS SUN IS BRUTAL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PLAYING IT SAFE.
WE WANT TO GET THEM WATER AND SEASON SCREEN.
IT VARIAS ON THE SEASON AND CITY.
ALWAYS INCLUDE SOCKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> THE VOLUNTEERS LISTEN AND THEY SHARE STORIES WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS.
HOW IMPORTANT IS JUST LISTENING?
>> YEAH, THE ESSENCE IS TO CREATE THE CONVERSATION.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE LOOKING TO DE-STIGMATIZED THE UNHOUSED.
THEY FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WALK PAST THEM ON THE STREET AND THEY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THEM ANY MORE.
THAT CONVERSATION IS JUST SO INCREDIBLE AND SO, IT'S LASTING FOR THEM.
IT'S A FOCAL POINT OF WHAT WE DO.
>> WHAT ARE THE STORIES YOU HAVE HEARD?
>> WE HAVE HARD SO MANY INCREDIBLE STORIES.
PEOPLE HAD DEDEGREES.
MASTERS AND Ph.Ds.
THEY FELL INTO A HOLE AND ENDED UP ON THE STREET.
DISTRIBUTION AND YESTERDAY IN PHOENIX AND IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
>> WOW.
>> I MET AN INCREDIBLE JOURNALIST AND SAT DOWN WITH MIKE FOR 30 MINUTES.
HALF DISTRIBUTION TIME AND HE'S AN EX-MARINE AND VETERAN AND HE'S 66 AND OUT IN THE STREETS.
HE EXPLAINED STRUGGLES AND ALL OF THE RESOURCES.
HE HAS A BLOG THAT HE OFTEN GOES ON.
JUST THIS MORNING WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION.
>> VERY GOOD, AS FAR AS MEALS ARE CONCERNED.
>> WE START TO INTEGRATE WITH THE CARE PACKAGES.
PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS ASK FOR FOOD.
WILLING TO DONATE MEALS.
SO, WE ARE WORKING WITH ERIC IN SCOTTSDALE AND JEREMY.
>> WOW.
>> THEY ARE ALL GREAT HELPS.
>> I KNOW, PROJECT UMBRELLA AROUND THE COUNTRY.
ARE THERE OTHER CHAINS INVOLVED?
>> WE HAVE CORPORATE DONORS LIKE COSTCO AND CVS TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
ESPECIALLY COSTCO.
>> LENDING AN EAR AND LISTENING AND ACKNOWLEDGING AND JUST HAVING A SIMPLE CONVERSATION.
IS THERE A WAY THIS CAN HELP GET THESE FOLKS OFF THE STREET?
THAT'S WHAT MOST ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT FOLKS HAVING A HOME.
>> ABSOLUTELY, CREATING AWARENESS.
WHEN WE NEED THESE PEOPLE AND WE HAVE CRITICAL STORIES.
WE ARE WRITING ONLINE OR IN OUR BLOG.
THEY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO AND WE WILL TAKE A PHOTO WITH THEM AND POST THEM.
THEY GET A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT.
NOT JUST FOR OUR ORGANIZATION BUT JUST FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHER OFFICIALS AND LAWMAKERS THAT ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND THEY HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND OUT MORE.
>> FIND OUT MORE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK.
WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE AT PROJECT UMBRELLA.ORG.
YOU CAN REACH OUT THROUGH THERE AND DONATE.
>> THE EXPANSION IS HERE SOON.
>> THAT'S THE GOAL AND PLAN.
ANYONE OPEN EXPANDING.
>> GREAT WORK.
PROJECT UMBRELLA AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.
>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
I'M TED SIMONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU HAVE A GREAT