Revises provisions related to housing. (BDR 25-257)

(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 21, 2025)
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 37–COMMITTEE
ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

(ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING DIVISION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY)

PREFILED NOVEMBER 18, 2024
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

SUMMARY—Revises provisions related to housing.
(BDR 25-257)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: Yes.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

AN ACT relating to housing; renaming the position of Housing
Advocate within the Housing Division of the Department
of Business and Industry as the Housing Liaison; revising
provisions relating to the statewid e low -income housing
database maintained by the Division; revising provisions
relating to the Account for Affordable Housing; revising
provisions governing the tiers of affordable housing;
revising provisions relating to certain reports submitted to
the Di vision by certain local governments relating to
affordable housing; and providing other matters properly
relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law creates the Housing Division in the Department of Business and 1
Industry and charges the D ivision, among other duties, with responsibility for 2
increasing the availability of decent, safe and sanitary housing for persons of low 3
and moderate income in this State. (NRS 232.510; chapter 319 of NRS) Existing 4
law creates the position of Housing Advoc ate within the Division and establishes 5
the duties for the position, which include providing information and assistance to 6
persons who reside in affordable housing and manufactured housing. (NRS 7
319.141) Section 1 of this bill renames the position of Housi ng Advocate as the 8
Housing Liaison. 9
Existing law requires the Division to create and maintain a statewide low -10
income housing database. The database is required to include certain information 11
relating to low -income housing, including compilations and anal ysis of 12

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demographic, economic and housing data from a variety of sources. (NRS 319.143) 13
Section 2 of this bill requires the inclusion of any survey conducted by the Division 14
in the database. Section 2 also revises the data that is required to be included i n the 15
database by: (1) changing the measure for determining the number of households in 16
various population groups experiencing high housing costs from 50 to 30 percent of 17
household income; (2) increasing from 2 years to 3 years the length of the planning 18
period for identifying when subsidized units are forecast to convert to market -rate 19
units; and (3) adding information regarding certain multi -family residential 20
housing. Section 2 further requires the Division, on or before December 31 of each 21
year, to analyze the data in the database and prepare and post on its website a report 22
of its analysis. 23
Existing law creates the Account for Affordable Housing in the State General 24
Fund, which is required to be administered by the Division, and prescribes the 25
distribution and use of money in the Account. (NRS 319.500, 319.510) Under 26
existing law, the costs to create and maintain the statewide low -income housing 27
database are required to be paid from the Account up to a maximum of $175,000 28
per year. (NRS 319.143, 319.510) Sections 2 and 3 of this bill: (1) require payment 29
from the Account of the costs to prepare the new annual report required by section 30
2; and (2) change the maximum annual amount authorized from the Account for the 31
payment of costs related to the database from the fixed amount of $175,000 to not 32
more than 6 percent of the money deposited in the Account in each fiscal year. 33
Existing law also authorizes the Division to expend not more than $40,000 per 34
year or an amount equal to 6 percent of money received pursuant to the federal 35
HOME Investment Partnerships Act, whichever is greater, as reimbursement for 36
administering the Account and that fed eral money. (NRS 319.510; 42 U.S.C. §§ 37
12701 et seq.) Section 3: (1) eliminates the authority of the Division to receive 38
reimbursement from the Account for administering that federal money; and (2) 39
changes the maximum amount authorized from the Account as reimbursement for 40
administering the Account to not more than 6 percent of the money deposited in the 41
Account in each fiscal year. 42
Existing law requires the Division to distribute a certain portion of the 43
remaining money in the Account to the Division of W elfare and Supportive 44
Services of the Department of Health and Human Services for a program to provide 45
emergency assistance to needy families with children . (NRS 319.510) Section 3 46
eliminates th is required distribution to the Division for this program, but 47
specifically authorizes the use of money in the Account for the same purpose. With 48
the elimination of this distribution to the Division, all of the remaining money in 49
the Account will effectively be distributed to the other authorized recipients in 50
existing law, which are certain charitable organizations, housing authorities and 51
local governments for the acquisition, construction and rehabilitation of affordable 52
housing for eligible families, subject to certain requirements. One such eligibility 53
requirement in existing law is that not less than 15 percent of the units acquired, 54
constructed or rehabilitated be affordable to persons whose income is at or below 55
the federally designated level signifying poverty. (NRS 319.510) Section 3: (1) 56
changes the income l evel for that requirement to at or below 30 percent of the 57
median monthly gross household income for the applicable county; and (2) clarifies 58
that the money is authorized to be distributed to one or more of the types of entities 59
that are eligible recipient s. Section 3 also eliminates the eligibility requirement in 60
existing law that a local government sponsor such a project. 61
Existing law establishes three tiers of affordable housing for various purposes 62
in existing law and defines “affordable housing” as h ousing that falls within any of 63
the three tiers. (NRS 232.860, 244.189, 244.287, 268.058, 268.190, 278.0105, 64
279.385, 279A.020, 279B.020, 315.9625, 319.042) Under existing law, the tiers are 65
based on both household income and the costs of housing as a perc entage of that 66
income. With respect to household income: (1) “tier one affordable housing” is 67

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housing for a household which has a total monthly gross income that is equal to not 68
more than 60 percent of the median monthly gross household income for the county 69
in which the housing is located, which is commonly known as the area median 70
household income; (2) “tier two affordable housing” is housing for a household 71
which has a total monthly gross income that is equal to more than 60 percent but 72
not more than 80 percent of the area median household income; and (3) “tier three 73
affordable housing” is housing for a household which has a total monthly gross 74
income that is equal to more than 80 percent but not more than 120 percent of the 75
area median household income. In addition, with respect to the costs of housing, 76
affordable housing under existing law is housing that costs not more than 30 77
percent of the total monthly gross household income of the household with an 78
income at the maximum percentage of the area median household income for the 79
tier. (NRS 278.01902, 278.01904, 278,01906) Section 4 of this bill creates a new 80
tier of affordable housing, to be known as “tier one affordable housing,” that 81
addresses housing for a household that has a total monthly gross incom e that is 82
equal to not more than 30 percent of the area median household income. As a result 83
of the creation of this new tier of affordable housing, section 7 of this bill renames 84
“tier one affordable housing” in existing law as “tier two affordable housin g” and 85
changes the percentage range for median income for that tier to more than 30 86
percent but not more than 60 percent of the area median household income. Section 87
9 of this bill renames “tier two affordable housing” in existing law, for which the 88
percentage range for median income is more than 60 percent but not more than 80 89
percent of the area median household income, as “tier three affordable housing.” 90
Section 8 of this bill renames “tier three affordable housing” in existing law, for 91
which the percent age range for median income is more than 80 percent but not 92
more than 120 percent of the area median household income, as “tier four 93
affordable housing.” Section 4.5 of this bill creates a nother new tier of affordable 94
housing, to be known as “tier five affordable housing,” that addresses housing for a 95
household that has a total monthly gross income that is equal to more than 120 96
percent but not more than 150 percent of the area median household i ncome. 97
Section 5 of this bill applies the newly defined terms in sections 4 and 4.5 to the 98
provisions of existing law relating to planning and zoning. Section 11 of this bill 99
makes conforming changes to existing law to reflect the new tiers. 100
Section 6 of this bill renames “affordable housing” as “attainable housing” and 101
includes “tier four affordable housing” and “tier five affordable housing” within its 102
meaning. Sections 2 and 10 of this bill make conforming changes to reflect the 103
new name. 104
Existing law requires the governing body of certain cities or counties to submit 105
to the Division annual progress reports relating to affordable housing. (NRS 106
278.235) Existing law requires: (1) the inclusion of these reports in the statewide 107
low-income housing database ; and (2) the Division to compile and post these 108
reports on its Internet website. (NRS 278.235, 319.143) Section 10 moves the 109
deadline for: (1) the submission of the reports to the Division from 110
July 15 to March 15; and (2) the posting of the compilation of the reports by the 111
Division from August 15 to April 15. Because the change in the deadlines is not 112
effective until October 1, 2025, pursuant to section 14 of this bill, the new 113
deadlines apply initially to the reports submitted in 2026. 114

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 319.141 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
319.141 1. The Housing [Advocate] Liaison is hereby 2
created within the Division. 3
2. The Administrator shall appoint a person to serve in the 4
position of Housing [Advocate.] Liaison. The Housing [Advocate] 5
Liaison is in the unclassified service of the State and serves at the 6
pleasure of the Administrator. 7
3. The person so appointed p ursuant to subsection 2 must be 8
knowledgeable about affordable housing and manufactured housing. 9
4. The Housing [Advocate] Liaison shall: 10
(a) Respond to written and telephonic inquiries received from 11
residents who reside in affordable housing and manuf actured 12
housing and provide assistance to such residents in understanding 13
their rights and responsibilities; 14
(b) Conduct community outreach and provide information 15
concerning housing to residents who reside in affordable housing 16
and manufactured housing; 17
(c) Identify and investigate complaints of residents of affordable 18
housing and manufactured housing that relate to their housing and 19
provide assistance to such residents to resolve the complaints; 20
(d) Establish and maintain a system to collect and mainta in 21
information pertaining to written and telephonic inquiries received 22
by the Division; and 23
(e) [Any] Perform any other duties specified by the 24
Administrator. 25
5. The Administrator may remove the Housing [Advocate] 26
Liaison from the office for any reason not prohibited by law. 27
Sec. 2. NRS 319.143 is hereby amended to read as follows: 28
319.143 1. The Division shall create and maintain a statewide 29
low-income housing database. 30
2. The database must include, without limitation, the 31
compilation [and analysis] of demographic, economic and housing 32
data from a variety of sources, including, without limitation, reports 33
submitted pursuant to NRS 278.235 [, that: ] and any survey 34
conducted by the Division, relating to the information that must be 35
included in the report required by subsection 3. 36
3. On or before December 31 of each year, the Division shall: 37
(a) [Provides for an annual assessment of ] Analyze the data in 38
the database and prepare a report which must: 39
(1) Assess the affordable housing market at the city and 40
county level, including data relating to housing units, age of 41
housing, rental rates and rental vacancy rates, new home sales and 42

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resale of homes, new construction permits, mobile homes, lots 1
available for mobile homes and conversions of multifamily 2
condominiums; 3
[(b) Addresses] 4
(2) Address the housing needs of various population groups 5
in Nevada, such as households that rent, homeowners, elderly 6
households, veterans, per sons with disabilities or special needs, 7
homeless persons, recovering persons with a substance use disorder, 8
persons suffering from mental health ailments and victims of 9
domestic violence, with each group distinguished to show the 10
percentage of the population group at different income levels, and a 11
determination of the number of households within each special -12
needs group experiencing housing costs greater than [50] 30 percent 13
of their income, overcrowding or substandard housing; 14
[(c) Contains] 15
(3) Contain an estimate of the number and condition of 16
subsidized and other low -income housing units at the county level 17
and the identification of any subsidized units that are forecast to 18
convert to market -rate units within a [2-year] 3-year planning 19
period; 20
[(d) Provides] 21
(4) Provide a demographic and economic overview by local 22
and county jurisdiction, if feasible, for the population of Nevada, 23
including age, race and ethnicity, household size, migration, current 24
and forecast employment, household inc ome and a summary 25
relating to the effects of demographics and economic factors on 26
housing demand; 27
[(e) Provides] 28
(5) Provide the number of housing units available to a victim 29
of domestic violence from any housing authority, as defined in NRS 30
315.021, and from participation in the program of housing 31
assistance pursuant to section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 32
1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f; and 33
[(f) Provides] 34
(6) Provide the number of terminations of victims of 35
domestic violence in this State from the program of housing 36
assistance pursuant to section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 37
1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f. 38
[3. The costs of creating and maintaining the database: 39
(a) Must be paid from the Account for Affordable Housing 40
created by NRS 319.500; and] 41
(b) [May not exceed $175,000 per year. ] Post the report on the 42
Internet website of the Division. 43
4. If an owner of multifamily residential housing that is offered 44
for rent or lease in this State and is: 45

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(a) Accessible to persons with disabilities; and 1
(b) [Affordable] Attainable housing, as defined in 2
NRS 278.0105, 3
 has received any loan, grant or contribution for the multifamily 4
residential housing from the Federal Government or the State, the 5
owner shall, not less than quarterly, report to the Division for 6
inclusion in the database information concerning each unit of the 7
multifamily residential housing that is available and suitable for use 8
by a person with a disability. 9
5. The Division shall adopt regulations to carry out the 10
provisions of subsection 4. 11
Sec. 3. NRS 319.510 is hereby amended to read as follows: 12
319.510 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 13
money deposited in the Account for Affordable Housing must be 14
used: 15
(a) For the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of 16
affordable housing for eligible families by public or private 17
nonprofit charitable organizations, housing authorities or local 18
governments through loans, grants or subsidies; 19
(b) To provide technical and financial assistance to public or 20
private nonprofit charitable organizations, housing authorities and 21
local governments for the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation 22
of affordable housing for eligible families; 23
(c) To provide funding for projects of public or private nonprofit 24
charitable organizations, housing authorities or local governments 25
that provide assistance to or guarantee the payment of rent or 26
deposits as security for rent for eligible families, including homeless 27
persons; 28
(d) To reimburse the Division for the costs of administering the 29
Account; 30
(e) To assist eligible persons by supplementing their monthly 31
rent for the manufactured home lots, as defined by NRS 118B.016, 32
on which their manufactured homes, as defined by NRS 118B.015, 33
are located; [and] 34
(f) To pay the costs of creating and maintaining the statewide 35
low-income housing database and preparing the annual report 36
required by NRS 319.143; 37
(g) To assist families that have children and whose income is 38
at or below the federally designated level signifying poverty; and 39
(h) In any other manner consistent with this section to assist 40
eligible families in obtaining or keeping affordable housing, 41
including use as the State’s contribution to facilitate the receipt of 42
related federal money. 43
2. [Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the ] The 44
Division may expend each fiscal year not more than: 45

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(a) Six percent of the money [from] deposited in the Account as 1
reimbursement for the necessary costs of efficiently administering 2
the Account . [and any money received pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 3
12701 et seq. In no case may the Division expend more than 4
$40,000 per year or an amount equal to 6 percent of any money 5
made available to the State pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 12701 et seq., 6
whichever is greater. In addition, the Division may expend not more 7
than $175,000 per year from] 8
(b) Six percent of the money deposited in the Account to create 9
and maintain the statewide low -income housing database and 10
prepare the annual report required by NRS 319.143. [The Division 11
may expend not more than $75,000 per year] 12
(c) Seventy-five thousand dollars of the money deposited in the 13
Account pursuant to NRS 375.070 for the purpose set forth in 14
paragraph (e) of subsection 1. 15
3. [Of the] The remaining money allocated from the Account 16
[:] after the expenditures made pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 [: 17
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, 15 percent 18
must be distributed to the Division of Welfare and Supportive 19
Services of the Department of Health and Human Services for use in 20
its program developed pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 233.120, as that 21
section existed on December 4, 1997, to provide emergency 22
assistance to needy families with children, subject to the following: 23
(1) The Division of Welfare and Supportive Services shall 24
adopt regulations governing the use of the money that are consistent 25
with the provisions of this section. 26
(2) The money must be used solely for activities relating to 27
affordable housing that are consistent with the provision s of this 28
section. 29
(3) The money must be made available to families that have 30
children and whose income is at or below the federally designated 31
level signifying poverty. 32
(4) All money provided by the Federal Government to match 33
the money distributed to the Division of Welfare and Supportive 34
Services pursuant to this section must be expended for activities 35
consistent with the provisions of this section. 36
(b) Eighty-five percent] must be distributed to public or private 37
nonprofit charitable organizations, housing authorities [and] or local 38
governments for the acquisition, construction and rehabilitation of 39
affordable housing for eligible families, subject to the following: 40
[(1)] (a) Priority may be given to those projects that provide 41
a preference for: 42
[(I)] (1) Women who are veterans; 43
[(II)] (2) Women who were previously incarcerated; 44
[(III)] (3) Survivors of domestic violence; 45

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[(IV)] (4) Elderly women who do not have stable or 1
adequate living arrangements; and 2
[(V)] (5) Unmarried persons with primary physical 3
custody of a child. 4
[(2)] (b) Priority must be given to those projects that qualify 5
for the federal tax credit relating to low-income housing. 6
[(3)] (c) Priority must be given to those projects that 7
anticipate receiving federal m oney to match the state money 8
distributed to them. 9
[(4)] (d) Priority must be given to those projects that have 10
the commitment of a local government to provide assistance to 11
them. 12
[(5)] (e) All money must be used to benefit families whose 13
income does not exceed 120 percent of the median income for 14
families residing in the same county, as defined by the United States 15
Department of Housing and Urban Development. 16
[(6)] (f) Not less than 15 percent of the units acquired, 17
constructed or rehabilitated must be affordable to persons whose 18
income is at or below [the federally designated level signifying 19
poverty.] 30 percent of the median monthly gross household 20
income for the county in which the housing is located. For the 21
purposes of this subparagraph, a unit is affordable if a family does 22
not have to pay more than 30 percent of its gross income for housing 23
costs, including both utility and mortgage or rental costs. 24
[(7) To be eligible to receive money pursuant to this 25
paragraph, a project must be sponsored by a local government. 26
3. The Division may, pursuant to contract and in lieu of 27
distributing money to the Division of Welfare and Supportive 28
Services pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2, distribute any 29
amount of that money to private or public nonp rofit entities for use 30
consistent with the provisions of this section.] 31
Sec. 3.5. Chapter 278 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 32
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 4 and 4.5 of this act. 33
Sec. 4. 1. “Tier one affordable housing” means housing 34
for a household: 35
(a) Which has a total monthly gross income that is equal to not 36
more than 30 percent of the median monthly gross household 37
income for the county in which the housing is located; and 38
(b) Which costs not more than 30 percent of the total monthly 39
gross household income of a household whose income equals 30 40
percent of the median monthly gross household income for the 41
county in which the housing is located, incl uding the cost of 42
utilities. 43
2. For the purposes of this section, median gross household 44
income must be determined based upon the estimates of the United 45

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States Department of Housing and Urban Development of the 1
most current median gross family income fo r the county in which 2
the housing is located. 3
Sec. 4.5. 1. “Tier five affordable housing” means housing 4
for a household: 5
(a) Which has a total monthly gross income that is equal to 6
more than 120 percent but not more than 150 percent of the 7
median monthly gross household income for the county in which 8
the housing is located; and 9
(b) Which costs not more than 30 percent of the total monthly 10
gross household income of a household whose income equals 150 11
percent of the me dian monthly gross household income for the 12
county in which the housing is located, including the cost of 13
utilities. 14
2. For the purposes of this section, median gross household 15
income must be determined based upon the estimates of the United 16
States Depar tment of Housing and Urban Development of the 17
most current median gross family income for the county in which 18
the housing is located. 19
Sec. 5. NRS 278.010 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20
278.010 As used in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, unless 21
the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 22
278.0103 to 278.0195, inclusive, and sections 4 and 4.5 of this act 23
have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. 24
Sec. 6. NRS 278.0105 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25
278.0105 [“Affordable] “Attainable housing” means tier one 26
affordable housing, tier two affordable housing [or] , tier three 27
affordable housing , tier four affordable housing or tier five 28
affordable housing. 29
Sec. 7. NRS 278.01902 is hereby amended to read as follows: 30
278.01902 1. “Tier [one] two affordable housing” means 31
housing for a household: 32
(a) Which has a total monthly gross income that is equal to more 33
than 30 percent but not more than 60 percent of the median 34
monthly gross household income for the county in which the 35
housing is located; and 36
(b) Which costs not more than 30 percent of the total monthly 37
gross household income o f a household whose income equals 60 38
percent of the median monthly gross household income for the 39
county in which the housing is located, including the cost of 40
utilities. 41
2. For purposes of this section, median gross household income 42
must be determined b ased upon the estimates of the United States 43
Department of Housing and Urban Development of the most current 44

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median gross family income for the county in which the housing is 1
located. 2
Sec. 8. NRS 278.01904 is hereby amended to read as follows: 3
278.01904 1. “Tier [three] four affordable housing” means 4
housing for a household: 5
(a) Which has a total monthly gross income that is equal to more 6
than 80 percent but not more than 120 percent of the median 7
monthly gross household income for the county in which the 8
housing is located; and 9
(b) Which costs not more than 30 percent of the total monthly 10
gross household income of a household whose income equals 120 11
percent of the median monthly gross household income for the 12
county in which the housing is located, including the cost of 13
utilities. 14
2. For purposes of this section, median gross household income 15
must be determined based upon the estimates of the United States 16
Department of Housing and Urban Development of the most current 17
median gross family income for the county in which the housing is 18
located. 19
Sec. 9. NRS 278.01906 is hereby amended to read as follows: 20
278.01906 1. “Tier [two] three affordable housing” means 21
housing for a household: 22
(a) Which has a total monthly gross income that is equal to more 23
than 60 percent but not more than 80 percent of the median monthly 24
gross household income for the county in which the housing is 25
located; and 26
(b) Which costs not more than 30 percent of the total monthly 27
gross household income of a household whose income equals 80 28
percent of the median monthly gross household income for the 29
county in which the housing is located, including the cost of 30
utilities. 31
2. For purposes of this section, median gross household income 32
must be determined based upon the estimates of the United States 33
Department of Housing and Urban Development of the most current 34
median gross family income for the county in which the housing is 35
located. 36
Sec. 10. NRS 278.235 is hereby amended to read as follows: 37
278.235 1. If the governing body of a city or county is 38
required to include the housing element in its master plan pursuant 39
to NRS 278.150, the governing body, in carrying out the plan for 40
maintaining and developing [affordable] attainable housing to meet 41
the housing needs of the community, which is required to be 42
included in the housing element pursuant to subparagraph (8) of 43
paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160, shall adopt at least 44
six of the following measures: 45

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(a) Reducing or subsidizing in whole or in part impact fees, fees 1
for the issuance of building permits collected pursuant to NRS 2
278.580 and fees imposed for the purpose for which an enterprise 3
fund was created. 4
(b) Selling land owned by the city or county, as applicable, to 5
developers exclusively for the development of [affordable] 6
attainable housing at not more than 10 percent of the appraised 7
value of the land, and requiring that any such savings, subsidy or 8
reduction in price be passed on to the purchaser of housing in such a 9
development. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes a city or county 10
to obtain land pursuant to the power of eminent domain for the 11
purposes set forth in this paragraph. 12
(c) Donating land owned by the city or county to a nonprofit 13
organization to be used for [affordable] attainable housing. 14
(d) Leasing land by the city or county to be used for [affordable] 15
attainable housing. 16
(e) Requesting to purchase land owned by the Federal 17
Government at a discounted price for the creation of [affordable] 18
attainable housing pursuant to the provisions of section 7(b) of the 19
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998, Public 20
Law 105-263. 21
(f) Establishing a trust fund for [affordable] attainable housing 22
that must be used for the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation 23
of [affordable] attainable housing. 24
(g) Establishing a process that expedites the approval of plans 25
and specifications relating to maintaining and developing 26
[affordable] attainable housing. 27
(h) Providing money, support or density bonuses for 28
[affordable] attainable housing developments that are financed, 29
wholly or in part, with low -income housing tax credits, private 30
activity bonds or money from a governmental entity for [affordable] 31
attainable housing, including, without limitation, money received 32
pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1701q and 42 U.S.C. § 8013. 33
(i) Providing financial incentives or density bonuses to promote 34
appropriate transit -oriented or multi -story housing developments 35
that would include an [affordable] attainable housing component. 36
(j) Offering density bonuses or other incentives to encourage the 37
development of [affordable] attainable housing. 38
(k) Providing direct financial assistance to qualified applicants 39
for the purchase or rental of [affordable] attainable housing. 40
(l) Providing money for supportive services necessary to enable 41
persons with supportive housing needs to reside in [affordable] 42
attainable housing in accordance with a need for supportive housing 43
identified in the 5 -year consolidated plan adopted by the United 44
States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the city 45

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or county pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12705 and described in 24 C.F.R. 1
Part 91. 2
2. A governing body may reduce or subsidize impact fees, fe es 3
for the issuance of building permits or fees imposed for the purpose 4
for which an enterprise fund was created to assist in maintaining or 5
developing a project for [affordable] attainable housing, pursuant to 6
paragraph (a) of subsection 1, only if: 7
(a) When the incomes of all the residents of the project for 8
[affordable] attainable housing are averaged, the housing would be 9
affordable on average for a family with a total gross income that 10
does not exceed 60 percent of the median gross income for the 11
county concerned based upon the estimates of the United States 12
Department of Housing and Urban Development of the most current 13
median gross family income for the county. 14
(b) The governing body has adopted an ordinance that 15
establishes the criteria that a proj ect for [affordable] attainable 16
housing must satisfy to receive assistance in maintaining or 17
developing the project for [affordable] attainable housing. Such 18
criteria must be designed to put into effect all relevant elements of 19
the master plan adopted by the governing body pursuant to 20
NRS 278.150. 21
(c) The project for [affordable] attainable housing satisfies the 22
criteria set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to paragraph (b). 23
(d) The governing body makes a determination that reducing or 24
subsidizing such fees will not impair adversely the ability of the 25
governing body to pay, when due, all interest and principal on any 26
outstanding bonds or any other obligations for which revenue from 27
such fees was pledged. 28
(e) The governing body holds a public hearing concerning the 29
effect of the reduction or subsidization of such fees on the economic 30
viability of the general fund of the city or county, as applicable, and, 31
if applicable, the economic viability of any affected enterprise fund. 32
3. On or before [July] March 15 of each year, the governing 33
body shall submit to the Housing Division of the Department of 34
Business and Industry a report, in the fo rm prescribed by the 35
Housing Division, of how the measures adopted pursuant to 36
subsection 1 assisted the city or county in maintaining and 37
developing [affordable] attainable housing to meet the needs of the 38
community for the preceding year. The report must include an 39
analysis of the need for [affordable] attainable housing within the 40
city or county that exists at the end of the reporting period. The 41
governing body shall cooperate with the Housing Division to ensure 42
that the information contained in the repo rt is appropriate for 43
inclusion in, and can be effectively incorporated into, the statewide 44
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4. On or before [August] April 15 of each year, the Housing 1
Division shall compile the reports submit ted pursuant to subsection 2
3 and post the compilation on the Internet website of the Housing 3
Division. 4
Sec. 11. NRS 375.070 is hereby amended to read as follows: 5
375.070 1. The county recorder shall transmit the proceeds of 6
the tax imposed by NRS 375.020 at the end of each quarter in the 7
following manner: 8
(a) An amount equal to that portion of the proceeds which is 9
equivalent to 10 cents for each $500 of value or fraction t hereof 10
must be transmitted to the State Controller who shall deposit that 11
amount in the Account for Affordable Housing created pursuant to 12
NRS 319.500. 13
(b) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, an amount 14
equal to that portion of the proceeds w hich is equivalent to 60 cents 15
for each $500 of value or fraction thereof must be transmitted to the 16
county treasurer for deposit in the county school district’s fund for 17
capital projects established pursuant to NRS 387.328, to be held and 18
expended in the same manner as other money deposited in that fund. 19
(c) The remaining proceeds must be transmitted to the State 20
Controller for deposit in the Local Government Tax Distribution 21
Account created by NRS 360.660 for credit to the respective 22
accounts of Carson City and each county. 23
2. In addition to any other authorized use of the proceeds it 24
receives pursuant to subsection 1, a county or city may use the 25
proceeds to pay expenses related to or incurred for the development 26
of tier one affordable housing , [and] tier two affordable housing [.] 27
and tier three affordable housing. A county or city that uses the 28
proceeds in that manner must give priority to the development of 29
tier one affordable housing , [and] tier two affordable housing and 30
tier three affordable housing for persons who are elderly or persons 31
with disabilities. 32
3. The expenses authorized by subsection 2 include, but are not 33
limited to: 34
(a) The costs to acquire land and developmental rights; 35
(b) Related predevelopment expenses; 36
(c) The costs to develop the land, including the payment of 37
related rebates; 38
(d) Contributions toward down payments made for the purchase 39
of affordable housing; and 40
(e) The creation of related trust funds. 41
4. As used in this section: 42
(a) “Tier one affordable housing” has the meaning ascribed to it 43
in [NRS 278.01902.] section 4 of this act. 44

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(b) “Tier two affordable housing” has the meaning ascribed to it 1
in NRS [278.01906.] 278.01902. 2
(c) “Tier three affordable housing” has the meaning ascribed 3
to it in NRS 278.01906. 4
Sec. 12. The Legislative Counsel shall, in preparing 5
supplements to the Nevada Administrative Code, appropriately 6
change any references to an officer, agency or other entity whose 7
name is changed or whose responsibilities are transferred pursuant 8
to the provisions of this act to refer to the appropriate officer, 9
agency or other entity. 10
Sec. 13. 1. Any administrative regulations adopted by an 11
officer or an agency whose name has been changed or whose 12
responsibilities have been transferred pursuant to the provisions of 13
this act to another officer or agency remain in force until amended 14
by the officer or agency to which the responsibility for the adoption 15
of the regulations has been transferred. 16
2. Any contracts or other agreements entered into by an officer 17
or agency whose name has been changed or whose responsibilities 18
have been transferred pursuant to the provisions of this act to 19
another officer or agency are binding upon t he officer or agency to 20
which the responsibility for the administration of the provisions of 21
the contract or other agreement has been transferred. Such contracts 22
and other agreements may be enforced by the officer or agency to 23
which the responsibility for the enforcement of the provisions of the 24
contract or other agreement has been transferred. 25
3. Any action taken by an officer or agency whose name has 26
been changed or whose responsibilities have been transferred 27
pursuant to the provisions of this act to a nother officer or agency 28
remains in effect as if taken by the officer or agency to which the 29
responsibility for the enforcement of such actions has been 30
transferred. 31
Sec. 14. 1. This section and sections 1 to 9, inclusive, 11, 12 32
and 13 of this act become effective on July 1, 2025. 33
2. Section 10 of this act becomes effective on October 1, 2025. 34

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