housing

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is proposing $200 million for attainable housing, including mortgage or rental assistance and eviction help, during the 2025 legislative session.

With the Nevada legislative session around the corner, Purple Politics Nevada host Lucia Starbuck spoke with lawmakers to understand their education, healthcare, housing, and environmental bills.

The candidates for Congressional District 2 expressed their stances on abortion access, mining, and housing at a debate moderated by KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck last Wednesday in Carson City.

Make the Road Action Nevada, a non-profit organization dedicated to mobilizing Latino and young voters, held a press conference in Reno on July 9, to address the state’s housing crisis.

Senator Jacky Rosen hosted a roundtable discussion on Feb. 21 with local leaders on her work to lower housing costs for families and prevent corporate price gouging.

More and more people are visiting and moving to cities and towns around the Mountain West, drawn by access to public lands and other natural amenities. That brings economic growth – and also growing pains. A new report aims to help communities address the challenges.

The Mountain West continues to grow quickly, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. As a result, the region had some of the fastest growth in housing stock from July 2021 to July 2022.

The Nevada Legislature passed a major deadline on Friday, where all bills must have passed out of their first committee. Those that didn’t are dead for the most part. Now, they’ll need to be passed by both houses with identical language and signed or vetoed by Nevada’s Republican governor to become law.

Purple Politics Nevada is KUNR’s weekly show about the 2023 Nevada Legislative Session. In this week’s episode, host Lucia Starbuck explores bills to help people find a place to live, including legislation to limit application fees for prospective tenants and background checks for people who have criminal records.

A housing crunch in the West has some looking to public lands as a solution…and a place to live.