Affordable, wheelchair accessible
apartments Open House in Las Vegas!
These new apartments are designed for persons with a physical disability,
mobility impairment, or traumatic brain injury. Staff from the Las
Vegas HUD Office along with community partners attended the open
house ceremony in Southern Nevada for the latest additional property
on January 30, 2004. Ray Rawson Villa is the sixth supportive housing
development in Nevada for Accessible Space, Inc. (ASI.
![[Photo 1: Entrance gate to Ray Rawson Villa apartment building]](/local/nv/images/hgv-picw-2004-02-25a.jpg)
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Ray
Rawson Villa is located at 3420 Lindell Road, Las Vegas, Nevada,
89146 |
This cooperative effort provides 22 more accessible units and
will help many people to have a place to live more comfortably.
It was created in partnership with the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), the Clark County HOME Program, the Federal
Home Loan Bank of San Francisco's Affordable Housing Program, and
Wells Fargo Bank. ASI continues to build Supportive Housing Developments
in the State of Nevada.
![[Photo 2: Mr. Neet and Ms. Sherill seated across form each other at table]](/local/nv/images/hgv-picw-2004-02-25b.jpg)
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Left: Mr.
David Neet , Las Vegas (HUD) office discusses future ASI developments
with Ms. Rene' Sherill , ASI representative for the State of
Nevada at the Opening Ceremony of Ray Rawson Villa. |
Currently there are three ASI wheelchair accessible properties
in Northern Nevada totaling 68 units. With the Grand Opening of
Ray Rawson Villa, Southern Nevada now has three properties with
71 units. This is a total of 139 units for Nevada right now. The
next of these properties is currently scheduled to open in April
2004. George & Lois Brown Estates will have 22 affordable, wheelchair
accessible, one and two bedroom units.