Affordable Housing

Silver Springs, Nevada - The monthly public meeting of the Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties takes place at the Silver Springs Community Center at 9am on Thursday May 11th, 2017.

Guest speakers during the breakfast meeting include Diane Arvizo, Director of Homebuyer Services with Nevada Rural Housing Authority, and Heather Simola, Real Property Administrator with Nevada Rural Housing Authority.

The recently opened 39-unit affordable housing complex in Carson City known as Richards Crossing helped push the Nevada Rural Housing Authority project to be recognized by a national finance association during a conference last month in San Francisco.

The State of Nevada Housing Division has raised the household income limit for its Home Is Possible programs, making even more Nevadans eligible for down payment assistance. Since the programs started in 2014, the income limit has been $95,500. In keeping with Nevada’s rising incomes, the limit has been raised three percent to $98,500.

Less than a year ago, Richards Crossing existed only on paper. But a project that had originally spawned from the vision of Friends In Service Helping (FISH) and other community members is now a manifest reality.

Longtime Carson City residents Sam Landis, Rob McFadden, and Mark Turner announced they will break ground on Mills Landing, a town house community designed to bring affordable housing to Carson City, in a ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday, March 22 at 9 a.m. at 1428 State Street in Carson City.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development invested more than $188 million in federal fiscal year 2016 (October-September) to support housing, community facilities, water systems and businesses in rural Nevada.

The Dayton area will see 45 new single-family homes that will be developed north of the Smith's store off Retail Road, at the corner of Kate Peak Road near Kramer Way, according to Nevada Rural Housing Authority.

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Nevada Rural Housing Authority along with several community partners broke ground Wednesday on the Richards Crossing housing facility in Carson City to benefit homeless veterans. The complex is at Jeanell Drive near the corner of North Carson Street and Winnie Lane.

Members of the Carson City Veterans Community Council (CCVCC) met Wednesday afternoon to discuss changes within existing member organizations, as well as to welcome new members onto the council.

Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell and City Manager Nick Marano, both veterans, attended Wednesday's meeting and highlighted changes to the city's new, improved web site scheduled to go public by the end of May.

In celebration of Historic Preservation Month, the Carson City Historic Resources Commission will hold its 7th annual Historic Preservation Scavenger Hunt beginning Monday and running through May 31.

Since the early 1980s, May has been a month for celebrating historic preservation and archaeology in Nevada. This year, the theme acknowledges the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, which helps to stabilize neighborhoods and downtowns, contributes to public education, attracts investment, creates jobs, generates tax revenues, supports small business and affordable housing, and powers Nevada’s heritage tourism industry.

Walton’s Chapel of the Valley in Carson City is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a day of free events Sunday. The event runs from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. at 1281 N. Roop St.

A free Senior Resource Fair will run from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m., offering the community access to information on estate planning, living independently, Nevada Rural Housing Authority's affordable housing options, funeral planning, hospice care and more.

Walton’s Funerals & Cremations – Chapel of the Valley is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Carson City, with an afternoon of free events, all taking place at Walton’s, 1281 North Roop Street, on Sunday, December 13, 2015.

A free Senior Resource Fair will run from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m., offering the community access to information on estate planning, independent living, affordable housing options, funeral planning, hospice care and more. Walton’s will also be offering free flu shots, in partnership with Immunize Nevada and Walgreens.

The Reno-area real estate market continues to rebound in the third quarter, with a 9 percent rise in sales volume and 14 percent jump in median home price, according to a Lake Tahoe-based real estate firm.

Home prices in Carson Valley were up, with a 10 percent jump in median price ($275,500) and six percent rise in average price ($315,115). Sales volume, however, was down three percent and units sold was down eight percent.

Douglas County advocate and activist JoEtta Brown of Gardnerville was elected executive vice president of the Alliance for Retired Americans at the recent Alliance for Retired Americans national membership convention in Las Vegas.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Rural Housing Authority staff, along with its Board of Commissioners, are mourning the death of Commission member, Tom Cook. Cook died at Carson Tahoe Hospital, while surrounded by loving family, on April 25, 2013.

A senior project for a Carson City high school student that involved "extreme couponing" for two months netted more than $1,100 worth of goods that he donated to area veterans.

Dallas Burnett, a Carson High School senior, managed to find, clip, cut, and ultimately save $818.56 in grocery and household items that he donated to the Veterans Guest House in Reno.

Having fed and provided shelter for the poor and indigent for more than 30 years, the Carson City nonprofit agency FISH is asking Carson City residents, public officials and private citizens to a special dinner on Thursday, March 14.

Carson City's nonprofit agency that helps feed and provide shelter to those in need — FISH — will host its annual “Have A Heart” Banquet on Thursday, March 14. The Banquet will be at the Carson Nugget with cocktails and silent auction beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner served at 6:15 p.m. Ninety-five percent of FISH’s funding comes from local donations and the Have A Heart Banquet is an important part of our fundraising effort.

USDA Rural Development State Director Sarah Adler announced the spending

CARSON CITY – Several lawmakers raised questions today about a proposal put forth by Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto to spend $33 million over three years on outreach, counseling and legal assistance to homeowners who are facing foreclosure.

Recognized for stewardship and care taken in the building and construction of developments around Lake Tahoe, the 22nd annual Best in the Basin awards were announced Tuesday by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The TRPA, which sets policy for development around Lake Tahoe, will recognize the winners, listed below, during the 2011 Best in the Basin awards presentation during the meeting of its Governing Board on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in Stateline. Go here for the agenda.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors recently awarded a residential lot in Carson City to the Sierra Nevada Community Land Trust (SNCLT).

NEWS RELEASE — In a board room still crowded following a 12-hour hearing, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board voted to approve the Boulder Bay Community Enhancement Project. Four years in the planning, the project will replace the aging Tahoe Biltmore Casino in Crystal Bay, NV with an eco-friendly, mixed-use resort that will significantly reduce stormwater pollution and vehicle emissions associated with the site.

There will be a ground breaking ceremony for the West Coast Affordable Housing Sierra Ridge apartment development on Wednesday, June 2, at 10 a.m.

We have some good news to share in these not-so-good economic times, especially when it comes to development and housing.
Construction will begin soon on a $3.6 million, 42-unit senior apartment complex in Carson City that will help to close the gap in a shortage of affordable retirement housing here.