Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday urging his administration to take immediate action on the affordable housing crisis in Nevada.
The governor wants the president to release more federal land for development.
“The federal government continues to arbitrarily restrict statewide growth, inhibiting our communities from realizing their vision for the future,” said Governor Lombardo in a statement. “I urge you to cut the bureaucratic red tape that prevents Nevada communities from achieving their housing and economic development goals.”
The governor also criticized the administration for creating a national monument in southern Nevada and said the state needs the federal government to be a partner in addressing the housing crisis.
Nevada lawmakers have introduced a bill to provide more federal land for housing in the Truckee Meadows, but Congress has yet to pass it.
The governor's letter to the president can be read in its entirety below.
