HOUSING AND
AFFORDABILITY
HOUSING AND
AFFORDABILITY
Prices for everything, from food to housing and everything in between, are skyrocketing and ordinary Nevadans are struggling to keep up. Our most critical job as leaders is to pass policies that lower the cost of living and ensure that working families can live happy, productive lives – without having to worry about whether they can make the rent or choose between buying groceries or filling up the gas tank.
What have I done?
In my legislative career I have introduced and supported legislation to:
- Limit the ability for corporations to purchase homes in Nevada.
- Start the process to create light rail systems in communities across the state, which will reduce our traffic congestion and lower costs for working Nevadans.
- Provide paid family medical leave to nearly 1 million Nevadans so they don’t have to choose between a paycheck or caring for a loved one.
- Help tenants stay in their homes and stabilize the cost of rent.
- Ensure all fees associated with renting are transparent and landlords can’t surprise anyone with hidden costs.
- Ban price gouging so that mega-corporations are not profiting off the backs of working Nevadans just trying to buy groceries.
What do we still need to do?
Unfortunately almost all of these measures were vetoed by Governor Lombardo, or died without a final vote. So we still need to:
- Ban corporations from buying up entire neighborhoods and ensure working Nevadans can compete in the housing market.
- Create universal paid family medical leave systems so people can care for themselves and their loved ones without breaking the bank.
- Change zoning laws and provide incentives to use existing land within our communities to build affordable housing.
- Bring down prices and reign in corporate greed – they should never be allowed raise prices on working Nevadans just so they can increase profits for shareholders.