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The long-failing North Las Vegas Housing Authority is ready for its tombstone. The public housing agency, infamous in recent years for its poor management and misuse of federal funds meant to help the city’s neediest residents, is officially no more. In December it folded into the much larger Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority, a year later than officials originally hoped.
Ennis Jordan, 63, a semiretired business owner who worked mostly in the construction materials trade, owns 15 acres on Mount Charleston. Here, at Bristlecone Heights, Jordan has built what he confidently believes to be, at 9,125 feet, the highest dwelling in Nevada.
New regulations regarding energy consumption audits probably will add to paperwork that comes with buying a house, rather than bring business to companies specializing in performing those audits, Realtors believe. The energy audit typically costs $300 to $500 and can be waived if the buyer and seller agree, said Paul Bell, president of Las Vegas Greater Association of Realtors.
