>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR ON ARIZONA PBS, ON ARIZONA HORIZON, WHY EVICTION FILINGS HAVE BEEN SPIKING IN MARICOPA COUNTY AND ON BREAK IT DOWN, A LOOK AT WHY SO MANY WOMEN LEFT CORPORATE AMERICA.

THAT'S ON ARIZONA PBS.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.

I'M IN FOR TED SIMONS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED INTO LAW A BILL PASSED THAT REDUCE MEDICARE, DANGEROUS PRICES AND DRUG PRICES AND HE SIGNED THE FLANK INFLATION REDUCTION AND COMES AFTER A YEAR OF NEGOTIATIONS AND CALLED THIS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LAWS IN OUR HISTORY.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ANNOUNCED A TIER TWO WATER SHORTAGE FOR THE SEVEN STATES USING COLORADO RIVER WATER INCLUDING ARIZONA.

TIER TWO WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY WHEN THE WATER LEVEL AT LAKE MEADE WILL DROP TO 1,050 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND MEANS ARIZONA, NEVADA AND MEXICO WILL HAVE TO MAKE FURTHER CUTS OBTAINED FROM THE COLORADO RIVER AND FACE THE BIGGEST CUTS, ABOUT 21% OF THE YEARLY ALLOTMENT.

>>> A G.O.P CUTTING MONEY FOR SENATE CANDIDATE BLAKE MASTERS AND THE COMMITTEE CANCELED $1.5 MILLION IN AUGUST AND TWO DOLLARS IN$2 MILLION IN ADS FOR SEPTEMBER.

THEY WILL REPROGRAM AFTER COORDINATING WITH THE CAMPAIGN.

MASTERS WILL FACE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MARK MARK KELLY IN NOVEMBER.

>>> MARK FINCHHAM HAS A TREASON WATCH LIST AND FEATURED FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY AND COMPARED FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA TO HITLER AND MADE OTHER FALSE CLAIMS.

AFTER REPORTING BY CNN, FINCHHAM REMOVED POSTS FROM HIS ACCOUNT.

>>> IN JULY, EVICTION FILINGS IN MARICOPA COUNTY REACHED THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2008.

TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME ARIZONA REPUBLIC, SENIOR REPORT REPORTER.

>> I THISTHIS IS A 13-YEAR HIGH AND WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> WE HAD THE MORATORIUMS.

>> AND FOR MORATORIUMS FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR IN.

>> IF IT WAS COVID RELATED AND THEY WERE SICK AND COULDN'T AFFORD THEIR MORTGAGE BECAUSE THEY LOST A JOB, THE MORATORIUM WAS FORMED AND THEN THERE WAS A FEDERAL ONE THROUGH THE CDC AND THOSE BOTH EXPIRED LAST YEAR AND WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE WOULD SEE THEM PICK UP, BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT PRE-PANDEMIC TO COMPARE BECAUSE THAT WAS A TEN-YEAR HIGH IN 2019 AND WE'RE ABOVE THAT AND BACK TO THE 2008 LEVEL, WHICH WAS THE RECESSION.

TIMES ARE TOUGH.

YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE INFORMAL EVICTIONS, WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T GET THEIR LEASE RENEWED OR A RENT HIKE.

SO CONCERN OUT THERE ABOUT TOO MANY PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES.

>> THE MORATORIUM, THE IDEA WAS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE RENT RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING.

DURING THAT TIME, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BILLED OUT A LOT OF MONEY EXPECT CITY OF PHOENIX HELPED 14,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH RENT AND IS THAT NOT MAKING A DIFFERENCE?

>> ACROSS THE VALLEY, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AND PHOENIX IS THE BIGGEST.

ONE CONCERN IS WITH HOUSING ADVOCATES THAT THE RENTAL AID IS PAID TO THE LANDLORD, BUT THEN, THEY'RE BEING AFFECTED.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN DO THAT AND IT USED TO BE THAT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT ASKED FOR 30 DAYS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING A RENTAL AID AND CAN GET PAID LANDLORDS AND I'M NOT COMING DOWN ON LANDLORDS.

I UNDERSTAND THEY NEED TO GET PAID AND THERE IS CONCERN ALL OF THE MONEY WAS SPENT AND STILL BEING SPENT AND PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING EVICTED.

>> IF THE MONEY IS GOING TO LANDLORDS, IT'S MONEY THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVING DURING THE MORATORIUM.

>> SOMETIMES IT'S NINE MONTHS OF RENT SOMEONE CAN RECEIVE AND IT'S DEFINITELY GOING, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW LONG THE TENANTS CAN STAY AFTER THAT.

BUT I'M GETTING SO MANY CALLS AND WE DID A SERIOUS ON HOUSING VOUCHERS WHERE THE FORMER SECTION 8 WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO USE THEM IN ARIZONA BECAUSE THE RENTS ARE HIGHER AND WE WENT UP 30% LAST YEAR.

AND LANDLORDS, WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG OUT-OF-STATE LANDLORDS PAYING RECORD PRICES AND RAISING RENTS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE HOUSING VOUCHERS BECAUSE IT TAKES MORE WORK AND THOSE ARE FORMAL EVICTIONS.

>> SO WHAT IS GOING ON IN TERMS OF INVESTORS AND HOW IS THAT IMPACTING RENT?

>> THEY'RE PAYING RECORD PRICES.

I SEE THEM DAILY AND RECORD PRICES ARE OUT OF STATE AND CERTAIN GROUPS, ABOUT FIVE OF THEM AND BASED IN CALIFORNIA OR NEW YORK AND SEE THEM OVER AND OVER AND RENAME THEM THE SAME NAME AND SOME OF THEM COMPLEXES WERE ALREADY THE TOP FOR EVICTIONS.

WE TRACKED THAT.

THEY'RE IN AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND LARGE AND A LOT OF TIMES, IT'S THE ONLY PERSON'S OPTION.

THEY'RE UPGRADING THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS AREA'S GROWTH, THE POPULATION, THE JOBS AND REALLY ATTRACTIVE FOR LANDLORDS AND RENTS ARE DRIVING IT.

WE'RE TALKING IN THE PAST YEAR, FIVE TIMES AS MUCH MONEY SPENT THAT WAS IN 2019 ON METRO PHOENIX APARTMENTS.

>> SO LET'S GO NOW TO THE SECTION EIGHT, FORMALLY HOUSE SOUNDERVOUCHERS THAT ANY LANDLORD CAN GET AND I PAID 30% OF THE INCOME TO YOU AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COVERS THE REST AND SOMETIMES FUNNELED THROUGH CITIES AND SO, WE KNOW A LOT OF CITIES HAVE OFFERED, THEY CALL THEM INCENTIVES TO LANDLORDS.

THE CITY OF PHOENIX, THEY STARTED AT 500 AND THEN 1500 AND NOW 2,000.

>> RIGHT.

>> ARE YOU NOT SEEING IT?

>> WE'RE HEARING IT AND WE TRACKED IT AND THE NUMBER OF VOUCHERS IS UP AND I BELIEVE IT'S UP 20% FROM PRE-PANDEMIC.

AND IT'S PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO USE THEM.

WHEN YOU CAN'T USE IT, YOU CAN'T A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

SOME CITIES ARE OFFERING SIX MONTHS.

WE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOKED AND LOOKED AND LOOKED, CALLED AND CALLED AND CALLED AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND THEIR VOUCHER EXPIRED.

WHAT'S ALSO TOUGH, PHOENIX, THE FINALTHEFIFTH BIGGEST CITY HAS ONE THIRD THE NUMBER OF VOUCHERS WHICH WE SURPASSED FOR GROWTH.

WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER TO START OUT WITH.

IN THE '70S, WE GREW AND WE'RE GETTING SMALL INCREASES.

WE START WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO CAN GET THEM AND IT TAKES -- SOME OF THE WAIT LISTS ARE CLOSED.

>> MESA IS OPENING AND WILL CAP IT AND THE DEMAND IS CRAZY.

SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT AND HOW IS THIS TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON YOU IN 30 SECONDS.

WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET FIXED AND BETTER?

>> SOME PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING DISCRIMINATION AND NOT HAVING THE VOUCHERS AND FEWSON ISFEWSONLANDLORDS DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A REASON TO EVICT AND SOME STATES THEY DO.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT CHANGES AND MAKING THE PROCESS MORE FRIENDLY.

THAT'S WHAT THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, MAKING THE ASSOCIATION FRIENDLY AND HAVE FEWER FEDERAL GUIDELINES, LESS PAPERWORK AND LET'S MAKE IT WORK AND HOPEFULLY, MORE DISCUSSION AND MORE HELP.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL TALK WITH AN ASU PROFESSOR WHO WROTE A CATCHY BOOK FULL OF ADVICE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS.

STAY WITH US.

>> AFTER DROP OUT OF COLLEGE NOT ONCE BUT TWICE, HE'S OK WITH IT, HE EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE AND AFTER 20 YEARS AFTER TEACHING AT ASU, HE HELPS STUDENTS SUCCEED IN COLLEGE.

THIS IS MATTHEW MCCARCARTHY, A SYSTEM'S PROFESSOR.

WITH AN INTERESTING TITLE TITLE FOR A BOOK, IT'S HOW NOT TO MESS UP AT COLLEGE?

>> WITH A DIFFERENT VERNACULAR.

>> I WOULD THINK YOUR EXPERIENCES HELPED TO INSPIRE YOU AND THE FOCUS IS HOW TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED AND NOT TO DROP OUT, RIGHT.

>> VERY MUCH SO.

I WAS ABLE TO TELL MY STORY AND I TELL PEOPLE MY DAD, HE AS A VERY SUCCESSFUL GUY.

HE WAS A COMBAT FIGHTER PILOT, A FINANCIAL PLANNER.

WHEN I GOT MY GRADUATE DEGREE, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I FLUNKED OUT OF COLLEGE TWICE?

WHAT?

I SAID, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

AND SO, HE SAID, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT THINK IT WAS OK BECAUSE IT'S NOT OK.

SO FOR ME, AFTER 20 SOMETHING YEARS TRYING TO GET A DEGREE, THAT'S WHY I'M ABLE TO TELL MY STORY TO MY STUDENTS AND SAY IT'S NOT OK.

I'M ONLY HERE BECAUSE OF AN INSANE AMOUNT OF LUCK AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST, JOBS I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET AND NOW I'M ABLE TO TELL MY STORY.

>> YOU'RE OFTEN ASKED WHAT'S THE SECRET TO SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE AND WHAT DO YOU SAY?

>> THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM.

ONE IS SOMETHING I CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT.

IT'S MATURITY AND ANOTHER IS HAVING YOUR MAJOR PICKED WHEN YOU GET THERE.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL IF YOU CAN DO THAT AND SAY, LOOK, I'M HAVING A MAJOR MAP.

I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT I ALWAYS FALL BACK ON MATURITY, YOU KNOW.

YOU DON'T NEED MOTIVATION.

YOU NEED DISCIPLINE AND VERY OFTEN, IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME AWAY FROM HOME AND AS YOU KNOW, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE FIRST OR SECOND, THIRD WEEK OF COLLEGE, THERE'S A TON OF PEOPLE THERE AT THE SAME TIME.

>> SO LET'S GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID, YOU DON'T NEED MOTIVATION.

YOU NEED DISCIPLINE AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE AND HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO STUDENTS OR FRANKLY, ANYBODY WHO NEEDS IT?

>> YOUR PARENTS ARE PROMOTE MOTIVATING YOU AND CHRISTMAS, YOU HAVE TEARS BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO WELL.

BUT EVERYTHING MOTIVATES YOU AT UNIVERSITY.

YOU NEED TO HAVE DISCIPLINE AND YOU NEED TO SAY, LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS PULLING ME IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND A LOT OF THEM ARE GREAT.

BUT I SAY, LOOK, YOU HAVE TO BE DISCIPLINED AND YOU MIGHT BE HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVERY.

YOUR PARENTS MAY NOT HAVE TOLD YOU THIS, BUT I ALWAYS SAY, YOU NEED TO BE VERY SELF-ISH.

YOU NEED TO BE SELF-ISH IN THE PURSUIT OF YOUR DEGREE.

SO IF YOU HAVE TO PICK BETWEEN YOU AND ANYTHING ELSE, PICK YOU EVERY TIME.

SO FOR ME, I TEACH THE LARGEST CLASSES AT ARIZONA STATE.

I SAY, LOOK, I WANT YOU TO GET A GREAT OUTCOME, I WANT YOU TO IN NINE MONTHS HAVE ABOUT 30 HOURS, 3 POINT SOMETHING GPA AND YOU DID GREAT AND ONCE I CAN GET YOU OVER TO THAT, IT SEEMS TO WORK WELL.

>> SO EVERY CLASS, EVERY PROFESSOR WILL SAY, YOU NEED TO SHOW UP AND DO YOUR WORK, RIGHT?

AND YOU SAY THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT, TOO, SO HOW IS THE BOOK DIFFERENT THAN HEARING IT FROM A PROFESSOR IN AN ACTUAL CLASSROOM?

>> I THINK STUDENTS LIKE TO KNOW ME A LITTLE BIT PERSONALLY AND TEACHERS PERSONALLY.

AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN -- BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BOOK.

[ Laughter ] >> YES, THAT'S NEXT YEAR.

WE'LL STAY FOCUSED ON THAT.

>> BECAUSE WRITING CONVERSATIONALLY IS OK AND HAVING A REALLY, REALLY GOOD EDITOR THAT I HAVE, SHAY MOSIER, AND BACKED UP BY THE SCHOOL, OF LETTING ME DO THAT, THE CHAIR OF MY DEPARTMENT, THE COCHAIR AND MY DIRECTOR AND SO SUPPORTED, ESPECIALLY IN MY CLASSES.

SO WHEN THEY HEAR IT FROM A REAL LIVE PERSON THAT THEY'LL SEE IN CLASS, I THINK IT HAS MORE IMPACT AND THAT'S PART OF THE TIGHT,TITLE, AS WELL.

I CHANGED THE TITLE AWAY FROM THE F WORD AND I'M IN A HUGE FACEBOOK GROUP.

I THINK IT'S CALLED SUN DEVIL MOMS AND DADS AND ABSOLUTELY NOT, CHANGE IT BACK WITH THAT WORD BECAUSE IT HAS IMPACT TO OUR KIDS.

>> THANK YOU.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HEAR THAT SAY THAT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, BUT THE F WORD AND I JUST SAID IT, OH, LORD.

THANK YOU, PROFESSOR MCCARTHY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> STAY RIGHT THERE.

>> OK. ♪♪ ♪♪ MCCAR >> THE CENTER FOR INNOVATION ANDHEALTHY AND BRAZILIAN AGING AT ASU PROMOTES HEALTHY AGING AND CAREGIVERS.

AS PART OF OUR AARP, WE WELCOME DAVID COON FOR AGING AND RESILIENT AGING AND BEFORE WE GET TO A COUPLE OF PROJECTS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, GIVES US BACKGROUND ABOUT THE CENTER AND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

>> SO THE CENTER WAS FORMED IN 2019 WITH THE SUPPORT OF BOTH THE PROVOST AND THE HEAD OF RESEARCH AT ASU AND BRINGS TOGETHER RESEARCHERS AND FACULTY AND COMMUNITY FOLKS, STUDENTS AND ALL TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES IN AGING.

AND EVERYTHING FROM WORKING TOGETHER TO DESIGN SMART TENNIS SHOES TO HELP PEOPLE MANAGE THEIR GAIT, TO NOT FALL, TO LOOKING AT THE RHYTHMS OF RELATIONSHIPS IN OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR GUT MICROBIOME TO INTERESTING AND INNOVATIVE CAREGIVER INTERINTERVENTION ANDINTERVENTIONS.

>> THIS IS USED LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH AND WHAT IS CALLED EPIC FOR SHORT?

>> SO EPIC IS EARLY STAGE PARTNERS IN CARE AND ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I WORKED WITH COLLEAGUES ON AND PEOPLE IN EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA AND PARTNERS.

LET'S SAY YOU'RE CARING FOR YOUR MOM AND SHE HAS EARLY STAGE DEMENTIA, WHAT WE DO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS, WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HER CARE VALUES ARE AND HER PREFERENCES FOR FUTURE CARE TASKS.

WE'RE ALSO INTERVIEWING YOU AND WE'RE WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR PERCEPTIONS OF HER CARE VALUES AND FUTURE TASKS ARE.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FOSTER A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.

SO YOU HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MOM WANTS MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WHEN OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS COME IN AND SAY, NOPE, THAT'S NOT WHAT MOM WANTS YOU AND MOM HAD THAT PLAN MAPPED OUT TOGETHER AND WE BRING YOU TOGETHER WITH OTHER DIADS SO YOU'RE NOT ISOLATED SO A LOT OF WHAT I LEARNED EARLY ON IN MY CAREER, THESE FOLKS FEEL ALONE IN THE WORLD AND WHAT THEY'RE FACING.

WE BRING THEM TOGETHER.

WE TEACH THEM A VARIETY OF RELAXATION, CARE PLANNING AND WAYS TO STAY CONNECTED TO OTHERS AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR WORLD AND SO THEY'RE NOT SO ISOLATED.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SELF-CARE FOR CAREGIVERS AND A PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE.

THE CENTER SAYS THERE'S 257,000 ESTIMATED PEOPLE IN ARIZONA WHO ARE UNPAID CAREGIVERS FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER RELATED DEMENTIAS AND WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ONTO HELP THEMSELVES?

>> OTHER PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE OVER 1800 GRADUATES IN ARIZONA AND IN NEVADA ALONE AND NOW BECAUSE WE CAN WORK VIRTUALLY AND WE DO A LOT OF ZOOM BASED NOW, WE WORK ACROSS THE NATION.

CARE PRO, CARE PARTNERS REACHING OUT, IT TEACHES THEM HOW TO MANAGE THEIR STRESS AND THE BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES THAT START TO EMERGE AS A PERSON DEVELOPS DEMENTIA AND A PROGRAM CALLED TRIGGERED BEHAVIOR RESPONSE AND WHAT MAY BE TRIGGERING THOSE BEHAVIORS IN YOUR MOM AND HOW YOU'RE RESPONDING AND HOW DOES THAT FUEL THAT BEHAVIOR?

WE HOPE YOU HELP YOU MANAGE THAT.

WE DO OTHER COMMUNICATION SKILLS, LEARNING AS THE JOURNEY PROGRESSES IN TERMS OF THE DISEASE AND HOW TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH MOM.

AND ALSO HOW YOU COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH SISTERS, BROTHERS, OTHER FOLKS TO GET THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED.

SO WE DO THAT AGAIN IN A GROUP BASIS BECAUSE WE WANT THAT SUPPORT FROM OTHER CAREGIVERS AND AS MUCH AS WE'RE TRAINED TO DO WHAT WE DO, SOMETIMES ANOTHER CAREGIVER TRANSLATING WHAT WE JUST SAID TO YOU HAS A POWERFUL IMPACT AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT YOU TO BE IN THAT SUPPORT, TOO.

>> POWERFUL WORK WORK BEING DONE AND THANK YOU TO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

>> SURE.

>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> COMING UP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR HOUR BREAK IT DOWN, A LOOK AT THE GREAT ECHO EXODUS OF 2021 OF HOW PEOPLE LEFT THE WORKFORCE.

- Another powerful edition of Arizona Horizon.

That has been a part of the news and public affairs programming in the Grand Canyon state for as long as I can remember.