Community Development

We are proud of our Battle Born heritage and we do everything we can to help make our beautiful Silver State a great place to live for all. We don’t stop at helping residents find affordable housing—we team up with local developers and builders to help build new developments and rehabilitate existing properties, and we help address environmental concerns and assist in meeting your home or building’s weatherization needs, all in the name of creating a healthy, happy, thriving, rural Nevada. We know that we get more done together, so we work with rural communities throughout the state to assess, develop, and implement a whole host of affordable housing and community development solutions. Our approach is a collaborative one, bringing together local government, private business, for-profit and non-profit interests, and social service organizations to maximize resources and achieve local and regional affordable housing goals and objectives.

News, Updates and Events

Nevada Rural Housing Authority’s Gary Longaker Elected to the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies

Carson City, Nev. (June 4, 2018) – Gary Longaker, executive director of the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA), has been elected to the board of directors for the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (NALHFA). Longaker served his first term on the NALHFA board from 1996 to 2000. His latest term on the board began on May 10. […]

06 JUNE 2018

Nevada Rural Housing Authority Wins Prestigious National Award for Affordable Housing Program

Carson City, Nev. (June 4, 2018) – During its 2018 Annual Conference, the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (NALHFA) presented the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA) with the Single-Family Excellence award in recognition of the Home At Last program. This marks the third year in a row that the agency received recognition from […]

06 JUNE 2018

Nevada Rural Housing Authority Partners with USDA Rural Development to Kick Off Newly USDA-Eligible Pahrump

Nevada Rural Housing Authority’s Home At Last team will join Nevada USDA Rural Development on June 5th from 10:00am to 2:00pm at Valley Electric to celebrate USDA’s return to Pahrump! USDA Rural Development Guaranteed Loan provides 100% financing, and paired with Home At Last’s 2% Down Payment Assistance results in NO MONEY DOWN to purchase […]

24 MAY 2018

NRHA Publishes Studies to Inform Decision Makers Tackling Nevada’s Housing Crisis

The Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA) has published comprehensive housing studies that highlight housing challenges and opportunities throughout Nevada, and which promote dialogue between private and public partners who are tackling the state’s housing crisis. The studies are free and available to anyone. They cover Nevada’s 15 rural counties and the rural portions of Clark […]

28 MARCH 2018