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How some Nevada voters see the affordable housing crisis

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Carter Evans
Carter Evans
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Carter Evans has served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for CBS News since February 2013, reporting across all of the network's platforms. He joined CBS News with nearly 20 years of journalism experience, covering major national and international stories.
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Las Vegas — For nearly a year now, 32-year-old renter Mason Cunha and his realtor have been struggling to find the right home in Las Vegas at the right price.

What's keeping Cunha from purchasing a home?

"It just doesn't really make sense right now to buy a home with the interest rates where they are, and with the inventory what it is," Cunha said.

Vice President Kamala Harris has said that if she wins the general election in November, she plans to work with the private sector to build three million new homes and rental units.

Cunha, a Harris supporter, is in favor of the proposal.

"I think it's going to definitely help, if you were to double or triple or quadruple the inventory," Cunha said.

Harris is also proposing outlawing price fixing by corporate landlords and giving first-time homebuyers who have paid their rent on time for two years with up to $25,000 in down payment assistance.

"I would want to review what the qualifications are for that," said 32-year-old Andrew Lum of Las Vegas, a wedding DJ and married father. "Where is that $25,000 coming from?"

Lum sold his home when his family expanded. He now rents a bigger house but he can't afford to buy. Lum says his life was better when former President Donald Trump was in office.

"In 2020 we were able to buy a home," Lum said. "We were able to buy it at an interest rate that was possible. We were able to buy it with, you know, minimal down payments."

Trump's plan involves reducing mortgage rates by slashing inflation. Trump has also said he would open limited portions of federal lands to allow for new home construction, a plan the Biden administration is . As an example, one such 20-acre plot in Las Vegas was recently transferred from the federal government to Clark County, and now it has been designated for affordable housing.

According to the Congressional Research Service, 80.1% of the land in Nevada is owned by the federal government.

Trump has also said that that his promised mass deportations will make more housing available. It is an argument that both Lum and Cunha don't seem to agree with.

"It just seems a little farfetched to me that all the houses are being purchased by immigrants," Lum said.
 
"I think everything that Trump says has to be taken with a really aggressive grain of salt because he is known to inflate the truth," Cunha said.  

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