LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — For Nevadans who are blind or visually impaired, finding safe and affordable housing can be a struggle.
The Blind Center and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto say Visions Park is designed to change that. The 100-unit complex is next door to the center, placing residents within walking distance of jobs, meals and support services.
Future tenants look forward to stability
Two future tenants say moving in will give them stability and peace of mind.
Will said he has struggled to find safe, affordable housing, including living on the floors of friends’ houses and bunking with three or four people at a time.
“It’s awesome. I love it. I can’t wait to move in it, really enjoy it, and talk about it. I want to show it off,” Will said.
Vanessa, another future tenant, said the complex represents freedom from constant worry.
“It’s to me a paradise because in this world we have so many things to be concerned with and worry about and adapt to throughout life. And to not be able to have to do that and to call a place home and not to have to worry and just be free. So it’s an exciting opportunity for sure,” she said.
Funding from multiple sources
The Blind Center CEO Todd Imalti said the project received funding from Home Means Nevada at $15 million, Clark County at $8 million, the city of Las Vegas at $4 million, the city of Henderson at $1.5 million, the city of North Las Vegas at $1.5 million and the Federal Home Loan Bank at more than $1 million.
The project serves people at 30% to 40% of the area median income. The center has a 300-person interest list for the 100 units.
Visions Park is set to open in July. Imalti said there is nothing like it anywhere else in the country.
The Blind Center calls Visions Park a model they would like to repeat and says new bipartisan funding for housing could make similar disability-focused projects possible in other communities.
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