Homelessness in Southern Nevada has gone up every year for at least the past decade. Last year’s point in time count revealed it to be at a 14-year-high: over 7,900 people.
As the region’s unhoused population grows, so do options for local services, but also the potential for controversy.
The latter is what happened on May 20th, when Clark County officials, Metro officers, and aid workers from HELP of Southern Nevada began a 15-million-dollar effort to clear out and secure a wash close to the Flamingo library.
It was one of the many tunnel sites where unhoused people had set up encampments. Now, residents close to the wash are saying those people have been driven into their neighborhoods, and are wreaking havoc.
Between that, and the recently legitimized camping bans, there’s a lot going on.
Guests: Louis Lacey, director of homeless response teams, HELP of Southern Nevada; Michael Lyle, reporter, Nevada Current; Tick Segerblom, chairman, Clark County Commission
