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Mortgage rates on 30-year, fixed-rate loans rose above 5% this week. That's pushing the cost of buying a home higher and making homeownership unaffordable for more people.

Mortgage rates just hit 5%. Here's how much more expensive that makes home ownership

Apr 08, 2022
Higher mortgage rates and home prices have pushed the monthly payment to buy the median-priced home in the U.S. up more than 50% since the start of last year. Many first-time buyers can't afford it.
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Reno housing prices are going up, and some weekly motels are disappearing; where will residents go?

Mar 07, 2022

The median price for an existing single-family home in Reno hit 600-thousand dollars in January. At the same time, homelessness in the Biggest Little City doubled last year.  

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Affordable housing in Reno declining- Part 2

Jan 31, 2022

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With supply tight, Las Vegas home prices set another record in November

Dec 07, 2021

A new report says the median price of a single-family home in Las Vegas reached $420,000 in November, a new record high and a nearly 22 percent increase over a year ago.

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 A bill introduced by Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto would allow Clark County to develop 30,633 acres of public lands in the Hidden Valley south of Las Vegas for affordable housing.

Where can Las Vegas build affordable housing? Cortez Masto eyes public lands

Nov 29, 2021

The idea of selling public lands is sacrilegious in much of the West. In Southern Nevada, the affordable housing crisis may be an extenuating circumstance.

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Zahra Yagana, her daughter Parisa and son Jawed spent close to two months at Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin.

Newly arrived Afghans get creative and find their own way to homes

Nov 22, 2021
Thousands of recent Afghan refugees are still living on military bases as resettlement agencies struggle to find affordable housing. Some, like Zahra Yagana, are finding help in unexpected places.
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Lauren Barber stands in her home in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 16. Barber has been inundated with offers from investors and companies that want to buy her house. She sometimes gets called or texted more than five times a day with offers.

Hey, I want to buy your house: Homeowners besieged by unsolicited offers

Nov 20, 2021
Lots of speculators are jockeying to get in on the hot market. Sometime they call homeowners multiple times a day. It can be an invasive nuisance, or worse.
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Home builders at work in Sacramento, Calif. Democrats in Congress are trying to pass a bill that would make the largest investment in affordable housing in history and try to boost construction of more moderately priced homes.

Democrats are seeking largest ever investment in affordable housing

Nov 06, 2021
The U.S. is facing its worst affordable housing crisis in generations. The heart of the problem is we just doesn't have enough homes. There's too much demand and not enough supply.
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Nov 01, 2021

Three people who've thought a lot about the latest Clark County lands bill weigh in on how we could do better

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In several Colorado mountain towns, Airbnb's on the ballot

Oct 29, 2021

Short-term rentals are great for tourists looking for alternative lodging options, but they're also contributing to housing shortages and sky-high real estate prices.

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In several Colorado mountain towns, Airbnb's on the ballot

Oct 29, 2021
Short-term rentals are great for tourists looking for alternative lodging options, but they're also contributing to housing shortages and sky-high real estate prices.
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 A bill introduced by Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto would allow Clark County to develop 30,633 acres of public lands in the Hidden Valley south of Las Vegas for affordable housing.

Where can Las Vegas build affordable housing? A Nevada senator eyes public lands.

Oct 27, 2021
The idea of selling public lands is sacrilegious in much of the West. In Southern Nevada, the affordable housing crisis may be an extenuating circumstance.
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A former Las Vegas city attorney works to bring affordable housing downtown

Oct 22, 2021

Retired Las Vegas City Attorney Brad Jerbic is seeking to develop quality, affordable housing in the Las Vegas Valley.

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John L. Smith On New Grants To Address Nevada's Affordable Housing Crisis

Apr 14, 2021

Funding to address Southern Nevada's affordable housing crisis will get a big boost from President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

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John L. Smith On The Newest Effort To Address Nevada's Affordable Housing Problem

Apr 09, 2021

Nevada is about to get more than twice what it usually gets in federal housing trust fund grants. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV., made the announcement last week.

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Have You Been Evicted During The Pandemic, Or Afraid Of Losing Your Home?

Jan 05, 2021
NPR wants to hear from you if you have lost income and couldn't pay rent to your landlord or needed a mortgage forbearance.
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Index Puts Reno 18th Among Least-Affordable Housing Markets

Sep 14, 2020

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A real estate website is ranking Reno among the top 20 least-affordable housing markets in the U.S., with cost-burdened households needing to spend nearly half their income to afford a median home.

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Why Is The Rental Market So Tight?

Jul 20, 2020

The pandemic has seen Nevada’s jobless rate skyrocket and its residents scrambling for unemployment money.

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New Master Plan To Guide Clark County Into 2050

Jun 25, 2020

Clark County’s existing master plan was written in 1983, back when it had only 530,000 residents. 

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The pandemic and its economic fallout have made it harder for those who experience domestic violence to escape their abuser, say crisis teams, but the <a href="https://www.thehotline.org/">National Domestic Violence Hotline</a> is one place to get quick

Domestic Abuse Can Escalate In Pandemic And Continue Even If You Get Away

Jun 01, 2020
Loosened quarantine restrictions have given some people an opportunity to flee violence at home, but cyberstalking and high unemployment have also made it harder to completely escape after moving out.
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Henderson Updates Comprehensive Plan To Address Affordable Housing

May 06, 2020

The Henderson City Council voted to approve an update to its comprehensive development plan to address affordable housing issues.

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<em>Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America</em>, by Conor Dougherty

Author Says 'Mixed Solutions Can Feel Like A Cop-Out' But May Solve Housing Inequity

Feb 12, 2020
Journalist Conor Dougherty doesn't traffic radical ideas in Golden Gates, but tells the story of housing in all its complexity, acknowledging that imperfect solutions are often the only solutions.
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High And Rising: These Reno Neighborhoods Have The Fastest-Growing Rents

Feb 06, 2020

Rents in Nevada have been climbing for a long time now. And yet, it’s getting even worse in Reno. 

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Tom Steyer Prioritizing Climate Change, Immigration On Campaign Trail

Feb 21, 2020

Tom Steyer has outlasted several Democrats this primary season.

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After The Alpine Apartments Fire, Questions Remain Regarding Tenants' Rights

Jan 17, 2020

Hours after the smoke cleared from the December 21 Alpine Motel Apartments fire, investigators said the culprit appeared

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