South Reno trailer park faces 30-day deadline
- Residents of a south Reno mobile home park face a 30-day deadline after property owners issued notices about upcoming changes. - Many households, including low-income families, must decide whether to relocate, negotiate, or risk eviction. - Local advocates urge city intervention and rental assistance as residents scramble for affordable housing alternatives (patch.com)
Dozens of residents at Evergreen Trailer Park in south Reno were told on March 31 to leave by the end of April, giving many households 30 days to move. (mynews4.com) Residents told News 4 they had learned in September that the park had been sold and got letters in September and November saying nothing would change. Then the March 31 notice arrived with an end-of-April deadline. (mynews4.com) The park is one of the few places in south Reno where lot rent had stayed low enough for fixed-income tenants to manage. Resident Louis LePochat said he pays $500 a month and had heard comparable trailer park spaces were running in the $700 range or higher. (mynews4.com) Several residents said the deadline is especially hard because they are not just changing apartments; they have to find a place that can take an older trailer or another affordable unit in Reno’s tight market. Lloyd Palmer, a disabled veteran who said he had lived there nine years, told News 4 he needed more time. (mynews4.com) The property sits next to Tamarack Casino, and the landowner, Valencia Delgado LLC, also owns the neighboring Merry Wink Motel parcel and a nearby former bar site. News 4 reported the combined holdings total just over three acres. (mynews4.com) The pressure on Evergreen residents lands in a city that has been publicly tracking housing shortages through Reno’s housing dashboard, which the city says measures current and projected housing needs over the next decade. Reno’s housing department says the dashboard is updated regularly. (reno.gov) City Hall also says it uses federal Community Development Block Grant money to expand affordable housing and meet urgent community development needs. Those funds are one of the tools local officials already have when displacement cases hit low-income residents. (reno.gov) For tenants trying to avoid eviction or challenge a landlord action, Reno’s housing resources page directs low-income residents to Washoe Legal Services and Nevada Legal Services. The same page points renters to Reno Housing Authority programs and the NVHousingSearch rental database. (reno.gov) Washoe County’s Housing and Homeless Services division says it works with residents, service providers and community groups to prevent homelessness and connect people with stable housing. That leaves Evergreen tenants racing the calendar while they look for legal help, a new lot, or a cheaper place to live before April ends. (washoecounty.gov)
