Housing

New Project Is One Of The Largest Affordable Housing Communities In Nevada History

LAS VEGAS, NV – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) visited the Decatur Commons Affordable Housing Complex – a newly built affordable housing project developed by Nevada HAND in Las Vegas – to discuss efforts to lower skyrocketing rent and housing costs for Nevadans. This project includes 480 affordable housing units and it is one of the largest affordable housing communities in Nevada’s history. Senator...

WASHINGTON, DC – Following year-long efforts from U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Department of Defense has finally heeded her call to align its internal guidance with current law to provide unaccompanied junior servicemembers with a dislocation allowance when transitioning from military to off-base private housing. 

The Nevada Independent: Defense Department to pay single junior service members dislocation housing funds

By Humberto Sanchez...

Rosen-Led Letters Request Funding for NeighborWorks and for Program to Tackle Veteran Homelessness

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) has led dozens of Senate colleagues in letters to Senate appropriators urging them to provide at least $185 million in funding for NeighborWorks America to address the housing crisis by lowering costs with affordable housing assistance, and continued funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Veterans Affairs and Supportive...

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that Nevada is set to receive more than $48 million in grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to increase access to affordable housing in Northern and Southern Nevada.

Senators Rosen and Cortez Masto have been actively working at the federal level to lower housing costs and increase the availability of affordable housing for Nevadans. Senator Rosen, joined by...

This Funding Will be Allocated to Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Clark County, Henderson, Reno, and Sparks

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that Nevada is set to receive more than $48 million in grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to increase access to affordable housing.

“As housing prices continue to rise, Senator Cortez Masto and I are working hard to lower costs and secure more funding to...

Rosen Led Request to Secure Funding Through Bipartisan Government Funding Bill for Fiscal Year 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that NeighborWorks America has awarded Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada and Nevada H.A.N.D. grants totaling $900,000 to support efforts to develop and maintain affordable housing, revitalize and sustain neighborhoods, and create jobs. Last year, Senator Rosen led the request,...

LAS VEGAS, NV – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) hosted a roundtable listening session with local housing advocates to discuss the need for more affordable housing in Nevada and what can be done to make housing more accessible for hardworking families. The event took place at Calcaterra Community, a new affordable apartment complex under the Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada.

“As housing prices continue to rise, we need to make sure Nevada families have more access to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced her co-sponsorship of the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act (S.2190). This bipartisan legislation, which was recently reintroduced, would create a bipartisan task force to better understand and address the affordable housing crisis in America. The task force would evaluate and quantify the impact that a lack of affordable housing has on other areas of life and life outcomes, as well as on state and...

RENO, NV – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) held a roundtable discussion with members of the Nevada Housing Coalition to identify the affordable housing needs of Nevadans.

“Ensuring that Nevadans are housed and safe during this difficult time is critical,” said Senator Rosen. “Today, I sat down with the Nevada Housing Coalition and community advocates to discuss ways to improve access to safe and affordable housing for all those who call the Silver State home. During the COVID-19 pandemic...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that she and Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) have led 27 of their Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, respectively, requesting funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Veteran Affairs and Supportive...