Hundreds of Las Vegas residents face new uncertainty in their struggle to find affordable housing in the valley.
According to the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority, 427 people in the emergency housing voucher program will lose assistance by December 31.
Funded through the American Rescue Plan, the program helps people experiencing homelessness or housing instability. The Department of Housing and Urban Development says rising rents have driven costs so high that the program’s funding is running out earlier than expected.
What does this mean for locals who need rental assistance?
I talked to a Housing Authority spokesperson who tells me those with expiring housing vouchers will be put in priority positions on a waiting list, alongside veterans and domestic violence survivors. Applications are expected to be processed in late summer or early fall in an effort to get people housed before the year ends, the spokesperson told me…