TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Every time Allison Bradford comes back to the Hedrick Acres neighborhood, she thinks back to her time living there for 27 years. She recently moved about two months ago after homeless people took over the Navajo Wash near her house.

“My home was no longer my sanctuary. I had no sense of security anymore,” Bradford said. “I was heartbroken to sell my house. I loved my house.”

Since about 2019, she said homeless encampments in the wash made her feel unsafe.

“I was coming home to addicts in my carport, picking up fentanyl foils, and syringes behind my truck,” she said.

While there aren’t encampments in the wash right now, Adrian Wurr, who lives in the neighborhood, said they come and go. At one point he said there used to be about 12 encampments with about 20 people

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