LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The governor signed legislation last week ensuring funding to complete construction of an entirely new community in North Las Vegas for residents whose homes have been sinking into unstable ground for decades.
The new Windsor Park will include 93 homes being built at Carey and MLK, with completion promised by Christmas next year. The project received $25 million in additional funding through Senate Bill 6, which was signed by the governor Thursday.
Nancy Johnson, who bought her current Windsor Park home when she was 21 years old, has watched her house deteriorate over the decades. Her ceiling is cracked and her floors are uneven.
Johnson demonstrating how a ball rolls sideways across her floor. “You can take a marble, and it’ll just roll out, roll on out the door.”
Original neighborhood built without proper studies
Johnson moved into the neighborhood 49 years ago. The area was built for Black families, but proper land studies were never done. The land started shifting in the 1980s.
Johnson is an original resident who has lived there since the 1960s, along with neighbors Barbara Carter and Annie Walker, who died last month. Walker’s promised new home will now pass to her family.
“Mother Walker was the pillar of the community and she got me started on making sure that the ball kept rolling when she got up in age,” Johnson said. “She’s going on to glory now, but you know, we’re still here.”
Construction underway despite skepticism
With construction underway on the new site about a mile from her current home, Johnson said she is cautiously optimistic about moving into her new house.
“Everybody [thought] it’s not gonna happen. It’s not gonna happen. But now it’s happening,” Johnson said. “And you can see the progress when they’re doing the grading of the land now. So you know, that’s a step forward.”
The site is currently dirt, and the framing of the homes has not yet begun. Johnson said she believes she will move in before next Christmas, as the developer has promised.
“I am absolutely ready to have a fresh start,” Johnson said. “We just wanted to live like decent human beings in a regular home.”
The funding bill was spearheaded by state Senator Dina Neal, who has fought for the Windsor Park community that she represents for years.
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