Reno has been seeing a lot of visits from white house officials lately.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden flew in to meet his campaign staff, and on Wednesday, the president's senior advisor checked out some local projects with Mayor Hillary Schieve.
Three years ago, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help aid economic recovery.
A portion of that fund has gone towards Scott Dick Manor to help with the housing crisis in Reno, and the City of Reno along with white house officials checked out its progress.
Tom Perez, Senior Advisor to the president, said, "American Rescue Plan was a statement of trust in mayors and other leaders across the country because we gave critical dollars, billions of dollars to local governments understanding that you know what's best."
Two years ago, the Reno City Council approved $9 million in ARPA funds to go towards affordable housing projects including Dick Scott Manor. Now, Mayor Schieve and Advisor Perez are touring this manor that is being turned into a 12-unit residential complex that provides housing for low-income and unhoused military veterans.
Mayor Schieve said, "Not only did we invest money from ARPA into this project, but we also donated the land. This sat vacant for many, many, many years, probably twenty years almost, and so this is very cool because it also is a revitalization project of this area."
While both Mayor Schieve and Advisor Perez see this project as a successful step towards affordable housing, they also said that this is only one of the many issues they are focusing on and there's still a lot of work to be done. 
