An estimated 15,300 households in Nevada rely on housing choice vouchers, which provide rental assistance subsidies provided for low-income people, seniors and people with disabilities. (Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority photo)
At the request of federal officials, the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority is in the process of identifying the number of households that rely on federal housing assistance that include undocumented family members.
In an email to Nevada Current, the housing authority said it found “fewer than 25 such households across the nearly 20,000 households we serve” that are made up of mixed-status families, or those with varied immigration statuses that include legal residents and U.S. citizens…