Tucson hiring homeless to landscape

The city has created a program to beautify the area while helping those in need.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Elected officials from Tucson and Pima County, along with community partners, announced the creation of a new program designed to help homeless people and beautify the area.

The concept behind the Tucson Homeless Work Program is simple: put homeless people to work cleaning up parts of the city that need it.

It will officially begin December 1st, after a year of collaboration between private agencies and Tucson City Councilman Richard Fimbres.

“This will bring everyone together to help our most-needy and our most vulnerable citizens,” Fimbres said.

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