Almost 87% of the state of the state is under federal control, said the governor, who imposes serious restrictions on developers who want to add more offer.
“Growth in many rural areas of our state is currently limited due to the lack of developable land,” Lombardo wrote. “Projections indicate that Washoe County could come from developable land by 2027, while Clark County could stand the same challenge by 2032.”
Washoe County includes Reno, while Clark County Las Vegas contains. They are the two most populated provinces in the state.
Lombardo said that he has granted the federal congress delegation of Nevada and President Donald Trump on the possible assumption of federal country to develop extra housing stock. But he is also looking for the support of the state legislator “to argue for the immediate and systematic release of federal land in Nevada,” he said.
The letter includes a draft resolution with the challenges with which the efforts can be confronted. The letter describes how Lombardo hopes to “work on the aisle” with legislators to get possible momentum for a takeover of federal country in the state.
But the resolution itself uses more charged language and accuses the federal government of ‘infringing[ing] In the sovereignty and equality of Nevada as a state, nowadays the constitutional principle of the same footing and Nevada deny the same opportunities that other states with minimal federal land ownership are offered. “
The design resolution also claims that the failure of the federal government to release the country at hand “limits Nevada’s ability to generate income through real estate tax, development of resources and economic diversification, making an excessive dependency on industries such as gaming such as gaming And tourism is forced “. It accuses the federal government that he has no promises to Nevada when it became a state in 1864.
Those promises “explicitly recognized the need for federal countries to be systematically removed to promote the development of the state,” and they remain “unpleasant” while “perpetuat[ing] An imbalance that hinders Nevada’s ability to take care of its citizens, “is the concept of resolution.
Lombardo also said that constant federal control over the country is ecological risks, including threats of forest fires, and that the enormous amount of land controls by the government has contributed to ‘a crisis of affordability, the delivery of housing costs, limiting opportunities For working families, and the worsening of economic differences in national and urban communities. “
Housing Handled to the offices of the majority leader of Nevada Senate Nicole Cannizzaro and speaker Steve Yeager, but did not receive an immediate answer. But the majority of the Democratic meeting Sandra Jauregui said that legislators are acting on this issue and that the actions of the governor are not useful.
“In recent months I have collaborated with stakeholders to draw up a resolution on access to more countries for housing needs, and I have promised to work with them on this essential issue,” Jauregui told Housingwire.
“Access to country is an important long -term challenge for our state. However, we can now tackle a lot of the urgent needs of our community by taking action on potential veto riding on the office of the main operate. “
A continuous action in the Senate of the State focuses on companies that buy single -family homes to convert them into rent. Lombardo earlier Veto a bill That would have closed the number of properties that can be purchased, to draw from Democrats. Jauregui said that the governor has room to prove a dual dedication to the issue.
“If Gov. Lombardo is serious about tackling the affordability of homes and not just writing letters, he must collaborate with legislative Democrats and Republicans to offer immediate action to families in Nevada,” she said.
At the beginning of last year, Democrats wanted Mark a series of vetos The governor published in 2023. That action took place around the same time that the then President Joe Biden visited Las Vegas to promote the housing policy of his administration. And last week, Local reporting Said that the legislative power holds out four of his veto accounts from 2023 in an attempt to possibly ignore them later this year.
Earlier this month, the US Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) an account introduced Designed to make more land available for housing in Washoe County, and to add new tribal services and outdoor recreation centers. Rosen previously introduced the bill in the Senate And it went to the floor for a broader consultation, but it could not be approved.
