The 2026 race for Nevada Governor continues to heat up.
On Friday, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford (D), who's running in the Democratic primary, held a roundtable discussion at the McKinley Arts & Culture Center.
He told a room full of supporters his housing priorities.
"Even President Trump agrees with me right now that we have to do something about big corporations buying up our homes," the AG said during the event.
Tackling the issue of corporate investors buying up single-family homes is one of the main topics Ford wants to address.
Earlier this month er covered this, as well as the challenge with the state not having much land to work with.
Another issue Ford wants to tackle is capping security deposits.
"As governor, I'm going to cap security deposits," he said. "I'm going to cap it to the equivalent of one month's rent, bringing Nevada in line with states like Alabama and Kansas."
Right now in Nevada, landlords can charge you three months' rent for unfurnished units and 1.5 months' rent for furnished units.
According to Zillow, the average rent in Nevada is $1,975.
Ford also said he wants to get rid of junk fees in rental agreements.
Washoe County Commission Chair Alexis Hill also believes in tackling the corporate landlord issue.
However, she has one particular issue she feels is not being talked about enough.
"It starts with temporary rent caps," she said. "I'm the only candidate who actually wants to have a conversation about how landlords are able to increase rent indiscriminately in our state."
When asking Hill about both Ford and current Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo's plans for housing, Hill says both have flaws.
For Lombardo, she says that oftentimes projects are not properly funded in the state.
She also shares why she thinks Ford's plan needs work.
"Obviously (he) doesn't talk about rent caps at all, which is a fundamental broken part of our system, and we need to keep people housed," Hill said. "So, I'm not seeing a plan there. It seems like a variation of Lombardo's plan. Not very creative to me."
Governor Joe Lombardo sent 2 News Nevada a statement in response.
In part, it said, "My administration doesn't just talk about housing and affordability — we take action. We've leveraged more than a billion dollars to expand housing access, cut red tape that slows construction, secured over 10,000 rental homes, and continued our fight for the release of federal land to build attainable housing."Â
PIn prt of the statement, Lombardo addressed his housing bill that passed out of last year's legislative session.
When asking Ford what he thinks of the legislation, he says it's not about what's in the bill, but what's not in it.
Mainly, he cites that there is nothing in it to address corporate landlords.
Hill said it's a small start and that the funds are not enough for the proper number of housing projects.
She also raised concerns that it didn't directly address housing for seniors and the disabled community.
Ford and Hill will face off in the primary election on June 9.
The winner will challenge Lombardo in the general election on November 3.
