Housing

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...

RENO, NV – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) visited Hope Springs and the Nevada CARES Campus, two facilities that are working to address homelessness in northern Nevada. Senator Rosen toured both of the facilities to learn about the services and support that they provide to those experiencing homelessness in the community.

“Homelessness and housing insecurity affect all communities in Nevada,” said Senator Rosen. “Today, I visited two facilities – Hope Springs Housing Campus and the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement applauding news of a grant totaling $5,000,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation’s Housing Authority to construct 10 new housing units. This grant is allocated by the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Competitive Grant Program which provides federal funds for affordable housing activities for safe and healthy...

LAS VEGAS, NV – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement applauding news of five grants totaling $37,098,054 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded to Nevada. These HOME Formula Grants are part of the American Rescue Plan Act, COVID-19 relief legislation that Senator Rosen voted to pass in March, and will fund housing projects to provide affordable and safe housing to low-income families across the Silver State.

“Across Nevada, there...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) led 41 of her Senate colleagues in a letter to the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee urging them to provide at least $185 million in funding for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NeighborWorks America) in order to address the nation’s affordable housing crisis, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the letter, the Senators state that additional...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement after voting to confirm Congresswoman Marcia Fudge as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):

“Today, I proudly voted to confirm Congresswoman Marcia Fudge to serve our nation as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,” said Senator Rosen. “Congresswoman Fudge is a proven leader and a trailblazer in Congress. As Secretary, she will work to end discriminatory housing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement applauding news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded 17 Tribes across Nevada grants totaling $14,654,255 to aid in the development and operation of low-income housing on tribal land.

“Access to affordable housing in tribal communities is an ongoing problem in Nevada, and across the country. Tribal communities have greater rates of homelessness than any other population in the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded the Reno Housing Authority and the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority a series of grants totaling $6,546,189. These grants will be used to fund the development and modernization of public affordable housing properties in Nevada.

“We are pleased to see this grant funding go toward Nevada organizations as they make...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) announced that the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, also known as NeighborWorks America, awarded the Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada and Nevada H.A.N.D a series of grants totaling over $924,000. This grant funding will be used to support affordable housing initiatives in Nevada.
 
“Especially now, access to affordable housing is critically important,” said the Senators. “We are...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) participated in the virtual grand opening of Hope Springs, a Northern Nevada HOPES housing project, the first bridge-housing community in northern Nevada. In addition to providing housing, Hope Springs will offer casework management, medical and behavioral health care, and many other wrap-around support services to Nevadans transitioning out of homelessness.

“Permanent and stable housing is necessary for building robust, thriving...