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Nevada Housing Coalition outlines legislative wins, warns of looming preservation gap
Summary
The Nevada Housing Coalition told the Reno City Council on Aug. 27 that state lawmakers approved major new housing funding in 2025 but cautioned that preserving existing affordable units and sustaining tax-credit production remain urgent needs.
Maurice Page, executive director of the Nevada Housing Coalition, told the Reno City Council on Aug. 27 that the 2025 legislative session produced notable new funding for housing — but that the pace of development still leaves gaps in both supply and preservation.
Page summarized the session’s major outcomes for affordable and supportive housing and urged local leaders to prepare for a preservation challenge when existing tax-credit projects reach the end of their compliance periods.
The coalition highlighted three funding outcomes from the 2025 session that will affect Reno and the region: the Nevada Supportive Housing Development Fund (AB366) was allocated a permanent appropriation establishing recurring support for supportive housing; the state approved an eviction-diversion allocation (AB475) that includes funds for local programs; and the Housing Attainable Act (AB540) made a one-time appropriation targeted at increasing attainable single-family–style units.
Page said the supportive-housing fund will add case management, behavioral-health and workforce development services for projects that qualify. He also warned that while hundreds of affordable units have been created, a separate wave of units will reach the end of their tax-credit periods and could convert to market rate without a preservation mechanism. The coalition is pursuing a preservation funding proposal for the 2027 session, Page said.
Page framed the shortfall in plain terms: the coalition’s statewide gap estimate for extremely low-income renters is tens of thousands of units; the presentation cited a shortage figure of 78,218 units for extreme low-income households statewide. Page said that while ARPA and other one-time funds will produce some new units by 2026, retention of units whose affordability terms expire will require a new funding approach.
Council members asked clarifying questions about implementation and the coalition’s priorities. Councilmember Durer praised the coalition’s work and emphasized the local impact of unit loss when tax-credit projects convert. Councilmember Doer urged continued emphasis on preservation and asked the coalition to explore how locally-held tools — such as reuse of public property or local incentives — might help retain affordability.
Page said the coalition will continue outreach and that Nevada’s housing-focused bills this year represented an unprecedented level of activity compared with recent sessions, but he warned that without further action — specifically expansion of state tax credits and a dedicated preservation fund — production could slow by mid-decade.
For more information, the Nevada Housing Coalition offered to provide council members with bill texts, the coalition’s preservation proposals for 2027 and links to the state’s housing-division guidance for new funding rounds.
Ending
The presentation positioned new state funding as a notable step forward while stressing that long-term preservation and a predictable pipeline of tax-credit capacity remain outstanding issues. The coalition asked local officials to stay engaged as the state begins allocating newly appropriated funds.
