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Up next in our climate + housing series, watch for stories on 1) homelessness & growth in metro Phoenix, 2) housing-related heat risks at the border, 3) health consequences from crowded housing on Navajo Nation & 4) solutions. All on our series page here: azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
There is also inequity in Arizona's building geography. Near the border, farm worker housing development is stagnant but desperately needed. On the Navajo Nation, families cannot get permits to build. Meanwhile, a growing number of unhoused people are dying from heat exposure.
Arizona lags behind national rates in every type of housing that is more sustainable to build & power, from duplexes to apartments. It exceeds nationwide averages in 2 categories: less sustainable single-family homes & mobile homes -- the shelter least equipped for extreme heat.
Despite ambitions to build greener, most homes in AZ have sprawled, not effectively addressing housing or climate needs. Phoenix is leading the state by starting to build more multifamily, sustainable housing. But it still built 3x more single-family detached homes since 2010.
Our analysis found that, while some AZ cities have fairly green building codes, this can be overshadowed by zoning and sustainability challenges, like a lack of water. Without a statewide building code, the climate suitability of home building is left to local AZ jurisdictions.
Arizona is one of the fastest-growing states. But is it building housing that will help residents weather future heat extremes? The Arizona Republic @azcentral conducted an independent review of building codes in 40 cities to determine what sustainability measures are in place.
With worsening heat + a growing housing deficit, #Arizona faces a dual #HousingCrisis & #ClimateCrisis. I dug into the data, people and solutions at the intersection of these problems, w/ support from @mit_esi & @JuliaArinCooper. Read the series & 🧵: azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
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Read more of Susan’s story, and find out the consequences of understaffing — and how the companies that own nursing homes can benefit from it — in our investigation, linked below. End (8/8) azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
The national numbers, distilled from my analysis of more than 20 million rows of data, are even more dire. (a big thank you to @shelbygslade for the illustrative chart)
Assisted living facilities like Austin House aren’t regulated by @CMSGov the way nursing homes are. That means (unfortunately for us) they don’t have to submit the same kind of data. But industry advocates’ surveys & statements repeat a clear message: ALFs are understaffed, too.
My analysis of day-by-day staffing data published by @CMSGov showed that roughly 80% of Arizona nursing homes failed to meet minimum staffing recommendations for certified nursing assistants in each of the past five years.
Susan didn’t feel protected or supported by her employer, and she isn’t alone. In several of the state reports @MelinaWalling, @CaitMcGlade and I read, caregivers cited short staffing as a frustration and a reason for overlooked or poorly handled tasks.
During our investigation, we found ~30 police reports documenting when residents physically took their frustrations out on caregivers. You can read summaries of these incidents via the randomizer tool embedded throughout our stories (shoutout to the awesome dev team @USATODAY!).
In January 2021, a resident attacked Susan. By the time her coworkers got to her, she’d already been seriously injured. She left her last shift at Austin House on a stretcher, blinded in one eye, having wet herself from terror.
In an interview with @CaitMcGlade, Susan Severe said that on any given day, she was one of five people left to care for ~65 residents across 3 units at Austin House. Sometimes she’d radio her coworkers for help — and get nothing but static. 🧵(1/8) azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…