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Washoe County touts eviction mitigation, 50-unit supportive housing and code changes to expand housing types
Summary
Commissioners said the county has used nearly $6 million in COVID-era funds for emergency rental assistance, reported a 91% success rate for tenancy support, and announced a 50‑unit permanent supportive housing project funded in part by a $21.9 million Home Means Nevada grant.
Washoe County commissioners used the Sept. 2 State of the County presentation to summarize the county’s work on attainable housing and eviction mitigation, including emergency rental assistance, tenancy support successes and a new 50‑unit permanent supportive housing building at the Nevada Cares campus.
Commissioner Mariluz Garcia, who represents District 3, said the county obtained “a little under $6,000,000 from the treasury of initial COVID era funding to provide emergency rental assistance” and that the county’s tenancy support program has a 91% success rate in helping tenants…
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