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.

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News, Updates and Events

Nevada Rural Housing Authority Continues to Accept Applications for CHAP Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance, Funds Remain

Carson City, Nev. – Emergency rental and utility assistance funding is still available to qualifying rural Nevadans. Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA) continues to accept applications for the CHAP program immediately for tenants residing in any rural Nevada county (CHAP contact information for Washoe and Clark Counties is provided below). Tenants who have had a […]

21 SEPTEMBER 2021

HUD Awards Emergency Housing Vouchers to Nevada Rural Housing Authority

Carson City, Nev. (Sept. 21, 2021) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded 47 Emergency Housing Vouchers to the Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA) to assist unsheltered rural Nevadans with housing. Referrals for the vouchers will come to NRHA directly from the Rural Nevada Continuum of Care (RNCoC). Individuals and families […]

21 SEPTEMBER 2021

In the News: Indy Explains–Housing Affordability and Lack of Supply

Despite a society-altering pandemic, home prices in Nevada have reached record highs in recent months. In January, the median cost of a house in Reno hit $500,000, while in Las Vegas, that number reached $345,000. Both figures have surpassed pre-2008 peaks. At the same time, Nevada’s affordable housing scarcity has gotten worse. The state has […]

08 SEPTEMBER 2021

In the News: Despite Federal Eviction Ban Lifting, Nevada Housing Advocates Say Not to Panic

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Biden Administration’s most recent pause on evictions, Nevada housing advocates and state officials had one message to share: Do not panic. Though the high court’s late Thursday decision places hundreds of thousands of tenants across the country at risk of eviction amid a slow rollout of […]

08 SEPTEMBER 2021