Housing
After leaving Las Vegas, national developer returns for next boom
A national development company that swooped into Las Vegas at the height of the building boom more than a decade ago is back and promising to invest “upwards of $300 million” in luxury apartment complexes. Related Companies’ affiliate The Related Group developed the World Market Center in downtown Las Vegas. The firm had been in […]
LV’s real estate reputation won’t die
Las Vegas is having a tough time living down its sordid past. Not that sordid past. It’s our reputation as Ground Zero in the foreclosure crisis a decade ago that has Southern Nevada in the news now. The headline in the New York Times reads: The Epicenter of the Housing Bust is Booming Again. (That’s […]
Health officials say no hazard, city pushes “Anderson dairy bill” anyway
“Discuss Anderson dairy bill – abey?” Scott Adams, the city manager for the City of Las Vegas, wrote in an email Aug. 10, days before the council was scheduled to vote on a proposed bill that keeps homeless people away from certain businesses. Email records requested and obtained by Nevada Current show Anderson Dairy played […]
Diversity intensifies preexisting segregation; Las Vegas stands out
A University of Minnesota researcher this week compiled some statistics on the increasing segregation of U.S. cities between 2000 and 2016, and Las Vegas really stands out. Specifically, in 2000, 37.5 percent of black Las Vegas metro area residents lived in segregated areas. In 2016, it was 71.2 percent, according to a chart compiled by […]
First a gate – now an ordinance? City shields business from homeless Las Vegans
The City of Las Vegas is not only building a “no pedestrian access” gate, it is also proposing a separate punitive ordinance to keep homeless Nevadans away from a business. Earlier this month the city voted to erect the gate on Foremaster Lane on the west side of Las Vegas Boulevard in an attempt to […]
High heat suspected in deaths of three homeless this week
Three homeless people were found dead this week near the downtown Las Vegas I-15 corridor. Though the exact cause of death is still unknown, the City of Las Vegas says “high heat recently is suspected as a contributing factor.” “It is heartbreaking that these deaths are occurring,” said Las Vegas City Councilman Cedric Crear in […]
Housing a “hot topic” everywhere – except the Nevada campaign trail
Perhaps the most tangible affordable housing proposal in Nevada right now involves transferable tax credits for housing developers. The developers sell the credits to purchasers who might pay 80 or 90 cents on the dollar. The buyers can then pay the state taxes with credits, instead of money. The credits proposal surfaced during a Nevada […]
Transgender homeless struggle to find shelter, resources
When Bobby Evans became homeless almost a year ago, she was referred to the Las Vegas Rescue Mission. “I got there and thought, ‘Nope, not for me,’ ” she says. She was fearful about staying at a shelter that didn’t have a facility specific for transgender women. Babylyn Galit, who got the same referral when she […]
Heat hits vulnerable Nevadans hardest
Last week, HELP of Southern Nevada received a call from a 92-year-old man whose air conditioner broke in the triple-digit heat. “He had been sitting in his home for three days,” says Kelly Robson, the chief social services Officer with the nonprofit. “That’s not good for anyone, especially a 92-year-old.” Bob Cleveland, the executive director or […]
The privatization of public housing
Built in 1971, the Landsman Gardens was the first family public housing complex offered in Clark County. After years of being underfunded, Landsman Gardens fell into disrepair. Reports of asbestos, lead-based paint, and water damage plagued the property. Last year, public housing in Clark County fell from 2,755 units to 2,651, though not because of […]
Bubble? What bubble? Fitch, Forbes wrong, LV experts say
A Fitch Ratings report published by Forbes designating Las Vegas as the most overvalued real estate market in the nation has homeowners who survived the foreclosure crisis jittery and real estate agents angry. But experts say contrary to increasingly frequent warnings from Fitch and others, Las Vegas is not in danger of suffering another housing […]
Unhealthy and unregulated: Conditions in local shelters draw complaints
The Shade Tree Shelter in Las Vegas has a unique mission, describing itself as “the only 24-hour accessible shelter designed specifically to meet the needs of women and children in Southern Nevada.” But women and children staying at the shelter have also been exposed to excessive black mold, suffering respiratory related illnesses as a result, […]