LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – There are plans to move than 90 families out of a historically Black neighborhood in North Las Vegas. The homes in Windsor Park are slowly sinking into the ground, the land has been shifting for decades.
Two years ago, state lawmakers approved $37 million to build an entirely new replacement community but so far it has yet to break ground. During a hearing Thursday, a new bill was proposed to cut through some of the red tape.
“We have been fighting this fight for many, many years, 30 plus years,” Nancy Johnson testified Thursday. Johnson bought her home in Windsor Park when she was in her early 20s. Now, more than 50 years later, Johnson and other residents are more than ready to leave. Their houses are built over a geological fault and have been sinking, cracking, and breaking for decades.
“Cracks are going all over the house. You’re not walking at a level certain level. You’re walking, leaning walk…We’re just ready to go. We’re just ready to cut the ribbon drill, build the new homes,” Johnson stated.
Two years ago, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo signed the “Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act” allocating $37 million to move families and give them new homes of the same size nearby.
During the hearing of the Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development Senator Dina Neal introduced what she calls a “clean up bill” to keep the project on track.
“When we move these residents literally down the street, we would be able to protect their property tax and the rate would stay the same because we don’t want to put an 80-year-old woman in a position where they cannot afford the property tax,” Neal contended.
Senate Bill 393 clarifies tax rates, which homes and vacant lots are included in the relocation and would push back a deadline for $12 million to build the homes that currently must be used by the end of 2026 to 2027.
“Now we are in the process of hopefully closing on 18 acres where we can move the families…We believe that the justice for these families is actually going to be achieved,” Neal revealed. On the 18 acres, Neal reported 94 homes would be built.
As for the current homes in Windsor Park, Neal revealed they would be torn down and the neighborhood would become a park. However, Neal shared five families want to stay in their original homes. They would be allowed to stay and the park would be built around them.
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