In stirring testimony before the Reno City Council on Wednesday, as alerted to us by a member of the Family Soup Mutual Aid group, Alex Varner warned against conditions at the Cares Campus.
After suffering from a stroke and going to different hospitals, all the while his rent was being raised, the 60-year-old says he recently ended up on the streets for the first time in his life.
“I worked hard all my life. I was scared like you would not believe because of what I’ve seen out on these streets,” he said. He tried to get his eviction delayed or to get help from other resources to avoid homelessness, but says he was unable to get into housing at that point, while struggling with his health…