Southern Nevada spent the past year grappling with the pandemic but also saw a burst of lucrative casino deals.
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The turf ban would apply to all new development, except for schools, parks and cemeteries. Existing regulations prohibit grass in front yards and limit it to 50 percent of a backyard’s area.
Home construction is still facing costly and delayed materials from supply chain disruptions while the Southern Nevada housing market remains hot, industry members say.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has aggressively pursued the removal of grass in Southern Nevada for decades. It wants to make turf regulations even more restrictive.
Attorneys for Hsieh’s family filed court papers Monday showing the sprawling home is set to trade hands.
The county-administered CHAP program has been flooded by extraordinary demand. Progress is being made but can’t come soon enough for those who may soon be facing eviction.
In the near future, officials say they envision low-income families having the opportunity to purchase homes, not merely rent them.
A judge agreed with the developer behind stalled housing plans on a defunct golf course near Summerlin who claimed that interference by Las Vegas officials made land impossible to develop.
The massive home appears to be the only property the former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh owned at the time of his death that is now listed for sale.
The project had been fiercely opposed by a contingent of neighbors who viewed it as a threat to their rural lifestyle in the far southern Las Vegas Valley.
Developers have broken ground on Desert Oasis II, a planned 43-unit apartment complex built and operated by nonprofit Volunteers of America National Services.
Southern Nevada home prices jumped 19.8 percent year-over-year in June, outpacing the national rate of 18.6 percent, according to a new report.
The Supreme Court decision to overturn the federal eviction moratorium Thursday is not expected to have much impact on Nevada because the state already has protections in place for renters.
Five of the members are appointed by elected bodies: two from the Clark County Commission, and one each from the city councils of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson.
The project on Blue Diamond Hill is smaller than past controversial proposals, but environmental advocates are still upset.