Organizers with the Nevada Housing Justice Alliance gathered at the Regional Justice Center Tuesday. (Photo: Michael Lyle/Nevada Current)
Housing justice organizers on Tuesday called on Gov. Joe Lombardo to address the rising number of evictions and criticized the governor for “only sending whiny letters” to the White House as a way to solve the state’s housing crisis.
Skyrocketing rents, limited affordable housing options and a lightning quick eviction process have contributed to a growing number of people facing housing instability, members of the Nevada Housing Justice Alliance said Tuesday.
“The governor’s housing policy is to send a letter every six months to (President) Joe Biden asking for the release of federal land,” said Jonathan Norman, policy director with the Nevada Coalition of Legal Service Providers.
Lombardo has sent several letters to the Biden administration this year, starting in March, that blame the administration for its role in the housing crisis saying it’s not doing enough to make more federal land available for housing development.