Peoria is roughly 245 units of permanent housing services short of what is needed to properly address the problem, according to data provided by city staff to the council.

Three Pizza Hut locations in the Peoria area are closed. Affected storefronts include: 3311 N. Sterling Ave., Suite 2, Peoria; 1401 Washington Road, Washington; 417 Jubilee Lane, Germantown Hills; ...

The city of Peoria received a $2 million grant from the state that it will in turn give to the Salvation Army to build a new homeless shelter on the 400 block of Southwest Jefferson Avenue.