Homelessness

This week Reno’s Eddy House was designated an EnVision Center, making it the first official EnVision Center in the state and only the sixth on the West Coast.

The City of Reno’s Clean and Safe Team has increased clearings of large homeless camps over the last few weeks.

KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck talked to Heather Carmen, the Assistant Registrar of Voters for Washoe County, about how to send and receive a ballot if you don’t have stable housing or an address.

Lucia Starbuck de KUNR habló con Heather Carmen, la secretaria auxiliar de votantes del condado de Washoe, sobre cómo enviar y recibir una boleta si no tiene una vivienda estable o una dirección postal.

Northern Nevada HOPES secured a $400,000 matching donation for its Hope Springs bridge housing, which is slated to open in early 2021.

The Downtown Reno Partnership has earned international recognition for their work to help people living homeless in the city’s core.

Mayor Hillary Schieve said Tuesday she wants an emergency declared for the rise of homelessness in the area, particularly for encampments along the Truckee River.

The Reno City Council next week is scheduled to consider a resolution for the purchase of Governor’s Bowl Park, at East 7th Street near the Spaghetti Bowl, to be used as regional shelter to house those experiencing homelessness.

A day before Nevada’s eviction moratorium was set to expire, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced plans to extend it for 45 days to provide relief to an estimated 250,000 renters facing the prospect of losing their housing because of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

The public can help create a mural Tuesday, using creativity to answer, “What do you want the world to know?”