Nevada

If you want to lower rents in the next five weeks, rent control is appealing. If you want to lower rents in the next five years, it isn’t. If you want to lower rents in the next five weeks, rent control may be appealing. If you want to lower rents in the next five years, […]

By Marcia Fudge and Steve Stivers States across the country are battling high costs of living that are hitting residents’ pocketbooks harder and harder each day. Nowhere is that more visible than in the housing market. As rents rise and inflation continues to squeeze those on fixed incomes, lawmakers are understandably searching for solutions to […]

The Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board urged lawmakers to resist the temptation to impose rent control and instead focus on removing the zoning and regulatory barriers that make it more costly and difficult to address housing shortages. On rent control, the editorial board noted, “After St. Paul, Minnesota, voters approved a rent control law in […]

Sarah Savko, a mom-and-pop property owner in Henderson, details how the eviction moratorium has caused her financial hardship.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board cites the negative impacts of rent control in urging Nevada lawmakers to avoid the flawed policy.

KXNT’s Mitch Kelly reports on efforts in Clarke County to incentivize the construction of new affordable housing.

Jason Hidalgo with the Reno Gazette Journal reports on Reno’s plan to build 1,000 homes in 120 days.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial Board outlines why policymakers should be looking to Sydney — not California — for solutions to Nevada’s housing crisis.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Editorial Board responded to an executive order establishing the White House Council on Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing Development. While much of the article focuses on the creation of the Council, the editorial board got to the root of our country’s housing affordability problem:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial Board weighs in on housing proposals being debated in the state legislature.