housing

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.

A "David and Goliath story" ends with residents of the Westside mobile home park in Durango, Colorado, keeping their homes, with a lot of help from their neighbors.

The COVID-19 pandemic has strained supply chains and impacted businesses and consumers. KUNR’s Kennedy Vincent spoke to Brian Addington, a professor of logistics management at Truckee Meadows Community College, to find out why logistics companies are continuing to move to Reno and how that’s adding pressure to affordable housing challenges.

Read or listen to the morning news headlines for Monday, March 7, 2022.

A new pilot program aims to convert vacant vacation homes in South Lake Tahoe into long-term rentals for the local workforce.

Read or listen to the morning news headlines for Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.