Las Vegas underground tunnel challenge pushes unhoused onto streets

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A $15 million tunnel challenge is pushing illegal underground residents onto Las Vegas streets and neighbors are asking for options.

Throughout a Monday assembly on the Clark County Library, Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom addressed neighbors’ and enterprise homeowners’ issues concerning the latest challenge and its impression on the unhoused scenario.

“This problem did not happen overnight, it’s not going to go away overnight,” Segerblom mentioned. “It takes people like you to articulate the problem and stand up.”

Round 30 individuals attended and detailed a number of incidents and harmful encounters they linked to the issues with mentally unwell individuals.

A $15 million tunnel challenge is pushing illegal underground residents onto Las Vegas streets and neighbors are asking for options. (KLAS)

“I’ve had my house broken into,” Brenda Wilda, a 36-year Las Vegas neighbor, mentioned. “I’ve walked out front and had a man fully exposed in front of my house. I was on hold [with police] for three hours.”

Wilda mentioned she and her youthful neighbors rally to guard the senior residents dwelling on their streets out of worry of a deadly encounter.

“Every time they clean out the wash, there’s more crime in our neighborhood,” she mentioned.

Segerblom introduced assets in for the neighbors, which included county code enforcement, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division, and Clark County Flood Management.

vlcsnap 2025 06 30 22h57m15s358Throughout a Monday assembly on the Clark County Library, Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom addressed neighbors’ and enterprise homeowners’ issues concerning the latest challenge and its impression on the unhoused scenario. (KLAS)

“The truth is, there were a ton of people in there that are not in there,” he mentioned. “So where do they go? That’s what we’re trying to deal with right now.”

A number of residents had been informed they’d have follow-up visits with police or county officers. 8 Information Now shall be following up with neighbors to see how these issues are addressed.

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