Residents push council to fund mobile‑home rehabilitation, eviction protection and South Central specific‑plan work

Several residents used the council’s public‑comment period at the start of the budget hearings to press for housing and neighborhood investments, particularly for mobile‑home rehabilitation and South Central Fresno planning work.

Giovanna Morales of Leadership Council noted the city’s North Point settlement commitments and urged funding to complete East Central Avenue improvements and an update to the South Central Specific Plan and environmental impact report. Galvia Juarez and Juana Iris Mesa, who said they live in mobile‑home communities, asked the council to fund mobile‑home rehabilitation—several speakers named $3 million for mobile‑home repairs—and to support a tenant opportunity to purchase (TOPA) program to help renters buy homes.

Randy Vegas of the homeless coalition asked council to increase eviction‑prevention funding to $2.5 million and repeat the community’s requests for warming centers and mobile‑home rehabilitation funding. Multiple speakers urged the council to prioritize “working families” and to pursue funding that would expand tenant protections and home‑purchase opportunities.

Ending: Public commenters asked council to prioritize funding in the FY26 budget for mobile‑home rehabilitation, tenant opportunity programs, eviction prevention and completion of longstanding South Central infrastructure and planning obligations. Several council members asked staff during department presentations about program capacities and grant availability to meet those requests.