Governor Lombardo has sent a letter to the Secretaries of Interior and Housing and Urban Development requesting that Nevada be included on the Joint Task Force on Federal Land for Housing.
The letter - seen below - is addressed to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, following their recent announcement of the joint task force.
In the letter, Governor Lombardo requests Nevada be included in the task force since “more than 85% of Nevada’s land is managed by the federal government” adding that “projections show that Washoe County could run out of developable land by 2027, and Clark County may face the same issue by 2032. We simply cannot afford to let this happen.”
Lombardo previously stated that he would prioritize state funding that could support $1 billion in new, attainable housing units across the state.
That bill, Assembly Bill 540, or the Nevada Attainable Housing Act, was introduced earlier this week where it was referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
