affordable housing Archives

City of Reno To Consider Rezoning Single Family Neighborhoods To Allow for ‘Affordable Housing’

March 26, 2024 1:12 pmApril 3, 2024 10:46 am

At tomorrow’s city council meeting, the City of Reno will consider rezoning single family neighborhoods in order to allow for “affordable housing” units, add exemptions for affordable housing projects, and expedite related building permit processes. The changes to zoning ordinances would allow for duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in single family...

Report: Las Vegas Home Prices Up 217 Percent Since 2011

February 20, 2024 2:54 pmFebruary 21, 2024 11:02 am

Using data from Zillow and the U.S. Census, a study by TruckInfo.net found that from 2011 to the end of 2022, Nevada has seen the most dramatic ratio of home price to wage growth, increasing six times faster than wage increases. In comparison, Florida, Arizona, and Idaho have all seen...

OPINION: TRPA Ignores Environmental And Safety Concerns of North Shore Residents

November 10, 2023 12:18 pm

Yesterday the TRPA Advisory Planning Commission (APC) conceptually approved 946 housing units for extra height, density, coverage and inadequate parking. With only two dissenting votes, the APC moved to recommend the Phase Two Housing Amendments to TRPA’s Governing Board. This decision came following what one commission member said was “the most...

Governor Sisolak Believes Housing Is a Human Right

March 14, 2022 6:47 amMarch 14, 2022 10:11 am

In a tweet, Governor Sisolak flexed his progressive credentials by proclaiming that “housing is a human right”. https://twitter.com/SteveSisolak/status/1502358581600927748?s=20&t=4HzIFwEJQWZhI1ieGnBYAg During his “State of the State” address, Sisolak outlined a spending spree of the once-in-a-lifetime $6.7 billion federal tax dollars the state received from the American Rescue Plan. At a time of historic inflation, spending...