Can Housing First work in the face of Clark county’s fentanyl crisis? Residents say apartments are rife with drug use and crime

Heidi Leonard lives at The Pacific apartments, but some days, the 51-year-old wishes she were still homeless.

In 2020, after a decade of homelessness, Leonard received a call that a one-bedroom apartment was available. She was hopeful. This was her chance for a better life, she thought.

Leonard had trouble adjusting to indoor living. She spent the first week sleeping in her car in The Pacific’s parking lot. But eventually, she decorated her apartment with art and second-hand furniture to make a comfortable home for herself and her dog, Bella Marie.

Four years later, however, Leonard wants to leave The Pacific because of rampant crime and drug use there.

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