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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
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    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
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    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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    Realty Website Ranks Reno Among Least Affordable Cities

    Jan 16, 2020

    Reno remains among the least affordable cities for housing in the United States, ranking 18th nationwide in a report just out from real estate website RealtyHop.

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    Reno, Developers Attacking Affordable Housing Crisis Head-On

    Dec 23, 2019

    Across Nevada, housing costs are rising. 

    Part of that is the influx of new people seeking homes and apartments; part of it is not enough homes and apartments are being built. 

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    Tents housing homeless line a street down the street from LAPD Central Community Police Station in downtown Los Angeles on May 30, 2019. In this city, homeless encampments are sprouting up in underpasses, along streets and on sidewalks and inside parks.
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    How Boise's Fight Over Homelessness Is Rippling Across The West Coast

    Dec 13, 2019
    Cities in the West that are dealing with an explosion of homelessness are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that limits camping bans in public parks and right of ways.
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    Warren Hopes To Win Nevada With Her Signature Plans For Everything

    Feb 21, 2020

    Elizabeth Warren

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    Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson Addresses Social, Political Ills

    Nov 25, 2019

    Marianne Williamson may be the most unconventional candidate of the primary season.

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    Apple CEO Tim Cook and California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled the tech company's plan to help ease the housing crisis, with Apple pledging $2.5 billion for mortgages, development and other initiatives.
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    Apple Pledges $2.5 Billion To Combat California's Housing Crisis

    Nov 04, 2019
    The plan includes $1 billion for a mortgage assistance fund for first-time homebuyers in the state, and $1 billion for an open line of credit to develop "very low- to moderate-income housing."
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    Businesses have been slow to reopen since Hurricane Michael, in part because there aren't enough workers.
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    Recovery Is Slow In The Florida Panhandle A Year After Hurricane Michael

    Oct 10, 2019
    A year later, the populations of Panama City and Mexico Beach are lower, property tax rates are higher and many of the buildings that remain are just shells, lacking roofs, windows and walls.
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    Beto O'Rourke Draws Parallels Between Las Vegas And His Native El Paso

    Oct 11, 2019

    Beto O’Rourke’s run for the presidency had largely remained in the shadows of higher-polling candidates like Elizabeth W

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    Joe Biden Talks Impeachment And Green Economy During Reno Stop

    Feb 21, 2020

    Joe Biden has been leading in the polls since he announced he was running for president. 

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    How Do We House the Homeless?

    Oct 01, 2019

    In late August, the Las Vegas chapter of the American Institute of Architects hosted an all-day design charrette on the top floor of the World Market Center in the city’s growing Downtown, not far from the nexus of social service providers along the city’s Corridor of Hope, and in sight of the Historic Westside, a neighborhood waiting for its own transformation.

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    Housing Woes Push Into 2020 Campaign From Nevada And Beyond

    Sep 30, 2019

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Like many, Mario Wolthers was lured to Las Vegas a decade ago from California by cheaper housing costs. But when his apartment managers tried to raise his rent last spring, he moved in with a roommate.

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    California Governor Signs Bills To Speed Homeless Shelters

    Sep 27, 2019

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is giving cities and counties more power to speed up the building of supportive housing and shelters amid a homelessness crisis.

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    Advocates Push Reno Leaders For Affordable Housing Help

    Sep 25, 2019

    The Reno-Sparks area has been home to a housing crisis for years now. Since 2014, average rents have increased by more than 50 percent.

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    Reno Council Approves 3,995 Housing Project

    Sep 24, 2019
    RENO, Nev.
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    Reno Mayor Announces Plan To Jump Start Housing Construction

    Sep 19, 2019
    RENO, Nev.
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