Housing

Realtors, developers, agency representatives and Carson City officials gathered on July 25 to brainstorm solutions to the city's workforce housing shortage.

The Carson Tahoe Health Foundation is excited to announce the official date for their annual fundraiser, HopeFest8, in support of local cancer patients.

The Planning Commission on Wednesday continued to wrestle with a new ordinance to let homeowners rent out guest houses on their property.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development board approved applications for five businesses, that will create 103 new jobs and make nearly $119 million in capital investments in Douglas, Washoe, Humboldt and Clark counties.

The national nonprofit, Feeding Pets of the Homeless, welcomed Sierra Veterinary Hospital in Carson City as its first donation site a decade ago. Since then the hospital has collected more than 1,600 pounds of pet food and supplies from their clients and the community.

The Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation will present Community Service Awards for year 2018 recipients in a brief ceremony on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. at the monument at the entrance to the Marv Teixeira Pavilion in Mills Park.

Carson City Market Report for the Month of June: Carson City Nevada homes have seen steady price improvement month to month as well as year to year as inventory levels remain at all-time lows.

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development announced Thursday that five Carson City area programs will receive nearly $442,000 in community development block grants.

The housing inventory crisis—which, according to Realtor.com’s recent Housing Shortage Report, is the worst inventory shortage in the United States in over two decades—hasn’t been an easy time for people on the market for a new home. The low inventory and the intense competition for available homes has driven up prices in markets across the country, making it difficult for potential buyers to find and buy property.

Celebrating its first full year in operation, Richards Crossing in Carson City held an appreciation barbecue lunch Friday afternoon for its tenants and the volunteers who bring services to residents of the facility.

CARSON CITY – During its 2018 Annual Conference, the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies presented the Nevada Rural Housing Authority with the Single-Family Excellence award in recognition of the Home At Last program.

Are you aware that June is National Homeownership month?

Probably not. Because you’re too busy working to afford the home you live in, whether you rent it or own it.

Why should you care?
If you poke around and read anything you can find about it, you’re being urged to recognize and celebrate the benefits of homeownership.

That seems kind of a weird thing to ask you to do. Do you really have the time or care? What’re you supposed to do, throw a party? Sit alone and contemplate it? Invite some friends out for coffee and chat about it?

I let out a hearty chuckle the other day as I read a chapter from the book, "Stories from the Sagebrush: Celebrating Northern Nevada at the Millennium," written by Don Cox and published in 1999 by the Nevada Humanities Committee.

Following the financial crisis of 2008, the Obama administration passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act which, in an effort to clean up the mortgage industry, imposed stricter regulations around lending. The legislation completely changed the mortgage industry and made it much more challenging to secure a loan.

The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C., has reached Douglas County where it is being presented for the first time in Minden beginning Thursday.

Another Memorial Day has come. Today we observe the sacrifices of men and women who gave the last full measure of devotion in defense of the United States of America.

I was going to write about how this year marks the sesquicentennial of Decoration Day, predecessor to the modern Memorial Day holiday.

A United States Army veteran and his family remain without a home of their own following a May 16 structure fire that destroyed their apartment off Pheasant Drive in Carson City.

A Northern Nevada Correctional center inmate was killed Tuesday in an attack by another inmate who allegedly used a homemade weapon in the Carson City facility homicide, prison officials said.

Miles Construction, a diversified northern Nevada general contractor, breaks ground on the new Reno-Carson Lumber location Wednesday, May 9 at 11 a.m., 3691 Arrowhead Drive in Carson City.

A 26-year-old woman faces felony cocaine trafficking and other charges after a vehicle stop led to her arrest early Thursday, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

CARSON CITY — Pets of the Homeless, the only national nonprofit organization focused on feeding and providing care to pets of homeless people, provides free collapsible crates to emergency and homeless shelters that offer assistance for people that have pets.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office detectives are currently investigating numerous vehicle burglaries that have happened within the last 30 days. There were two distinctive sets of burglaries that occurred by two different groups of suspects.

Sierra-Tahoe Branch and Unit #137 of the Fleet Reserve Association hosted the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Marine Corp Mountain Training Center, Housing Area, Coleville, CA which was well received by the children and parents.

The Branch & Auxiliary members prepared 600 plastic eggs and stuffed them with candy and small toys. In addition, one of the members made bunnies out of washcloths which the children can use instead of an ice pack (also known as boo-boo bunnies).

LYFE Recovery Services, owned by Stacey Payne, creates and operates "affordable supportive housing for the substance abuse/mental health populations in Northern Nevada, primarily in Reno, Sparks, Carson City, Fallon and Elko." Meanwhile, Professional Dog Mom LLC, owned by Tonda Benge, ...

The thrust behind a cluster of residential construction projects around Carson City appears to be job growth in the area, local development experts say.

A comprehensive housing study released Wednesday by the Nevada Rural Housing Authority breaks down Carson City's housing shortage as it stands today, but several new developments either underway or being planned in Carson City should put a dent into the demand, said NRHA Deputy Director Bill Brewer.

his is the second column based on the Controller’s Annual Report for fiscal year 2017 (FY17). Here we disclose where the state spends its money.

Total state spending for FY17 was $12.29 billion: $11.033 billion (90 percent) from regular state accounts, including pass-through federal funds; $1.211 billion (ten percent) from tuition, fees, contracts, grants and other service charges by higher education; and $46 million in two other areas. The total was 74 percent higher than in FY06, or 17 percent more in real per-person terms.

When Kellogg Community College (Battle Creek, Mich.) Lifelong Learning instructor Kevin Boyd arrived in Santa Rosa, Calif., last fall to teach a class on emergency preparedness, he had no idea he'd bear witness to the beginning stages of the most destructive wildfire in California history.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The building permit for the Ormsby House is expiring after the owners of the downtown property withdrew their request for another extension. "I just wanted to thank all of you for working with me over the last year or so. We have decided to not move forward with extending the ...

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