Squatters Gone...For Now !

Squatters Ousted

A Letter from Resident Mary Lee Duley

to Sun City Anthem

Dear Sun City Anthem Neighbors:

THANKS to two vigilant Desert Sky resident’s telephone calls to 311, the Henderson Police Department’s officers and Detectives were SUCCESSFUL in removing Squatters in the SECOND  Desert Sky village house located at 2212 Lake Candlewood.  

Details are not necessary as when there are ongoing investigations, rumors and unconfirmed information can HINDER rather than HELP our HPD.  

Residents were “fearful” of the activities in these neighborhoods, BUT the squatters have been removed.  Please remain VIGILANT about vehicles coming and going in your neighborhood.

The bottom line is that there were underage occupants in their 20’s and 30’s in the home without a lease and several out of state vehicles being worked on in the driveway and garage.  

The HPD arrived to investigate within 5 minutes of the residents’ call but, as everyone knows, it takes time and effort to resolve these cases.

Thankfully, this house, as many in SCA, has been vacant for a couple of years.

IF you see any suspicious activities OR under age occupants, occupying a house and you are concerned, please CALL 311, AND ASK FOR THE HENDERSON UNIT, or if busy (702) 267-5000.

ONLY dial 911 if it’s an emergency.  

By calling 311, explaining your concerns, the HPD will immediately respond. When there are  young people with small children in any home in SCA, it is in violation of the SCA CC&R’s unless it is “family” visiting.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN YOU CALL 311, IT MAY RING SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE A DISPATCHER PICKS UP AS THE 911 CALLS HAVE PRIORITY.  

Squatters are, in many cases, are recognizable. Our CC&R’s do NOT allow for tenants in their 20’s thru age 54, it’s an Active Adult Community for residents 55 and above and we do not want to lose our “age qualifying designation”.  

PLEASE  DO  NOT try to get involved or question the unauthorized tenant or squatter’s  presence and put yourselves at risk….

CALL 311 and then call our  SCA General Manager, Sandy Seddon at 702-614-5800, The Community Standards Manager, Chris Wikoff at (702) 614-5859, and our SCA Community Patrol Offices at (702) 614-6751.  

SCA has an excellent Neighborhood Watch Program and volunteers are needed in most villages.    

Vigilance is suggested,on an ongoing basis, by our SCA Community Patrol:  

Keep doors locked, garage doors closed,  do NOT doors open to strangers, REPORT suspicious activity in the neighborhood, etc. 

My personal thanks to Jim Mayfield, one of our current Board of Director members for his involvement with this squatter issue in Desert Sky Village  and keeping me in the loop.  

Jim always responds to emails immediately.  

I would also like to thank Stephen Anderson, Chief of our Community Patrol, for his input and assistance with this issue.    

Today’s SUN newspaper (insert in the Review Journal) has an excellent editorial about our Nevada Police Departments working with Realtors to help with the Squatter issue.

It’s is a “nationwide” problem, as you will read.

THANKFULLY, due to our October Nevada law, our communities will not suffer from “long delays” in the process of removing Squatters.

Residents in  other states (California and Florida, to name a couple ), as the editorial references, have these long delays.  

IF you have a “security system”, it is suggested that you turn it “ON” when you leave our property and leave it “ON”, at night.  

Better safe than sorry.  

THANKS to all the SCA residents that have taken the time to get involved by calling 311, Volunteers for the Community Patrol and  the SCA Neighborhood Watch Village Volunteers, and to the SCA Administration.

 AGAIN, CALL 311 and ASK for the Henderson Units as this makes facilitation easier for the HPD.