SB 104 — Revises provisions concerning the statewide low-income housing database maintained by the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry. (BDR 25-378)

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104–COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS (ON B EHALF OF THE C OMMITTEE TO S TUDY ISSUES R EGARDING A FFORDABLE HOUSING ) PREFILED JANUARY 28, 2019 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions concerning the statewide low- income housing database maintained by the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry.

(BDR 25-378) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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Existing law requires the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industrydatabase must include certain information related to createaffordable housing, including the compilations and maintainanalysis aof statewidedemographic, low-incomeeconomic and housing database.data from a variety of sources.

This database must include certain information related to affordable housing, including variety of sources.

(NRS 278.235) Section 1 of this bill requires the inclusion of such reports as one of the sources of information for the low-incomeof housinglocal database.governments that are required to submit such reports to cooperate with the Housing Division to ensure that the information is appropriate for inclusion in the database and can be added to the database effectively.

Section 2 of this bill requires the governing bodies of local governments that are required to submit such reports to cooperate with the database and can be added to the database effectively.ropriate for inclusion in the - *SB104_R1* – 2 – Existing law requires certain owners of residential housing that is affordable housing or accessible to persons with disabilities to report certain information relating to the housing quarterly to the Aging and Disability Services Division of thebill Departmentrepeals ofthis Healthrequirement. and Human Services.

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Section 1 imposesrequires acertain similarowners requirementof on certain multifamily residential housing that is affordable housing and accessible to persons with disabilities to report certain information relating to the housing quarterly to the Housing Division.

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The database must include, without limitation, the compilation and analysis of demographic, economic and housing data- from80th aSession variety(2019) of– sources2 ,– including, without limitation, reports submitted pursuant to NRS 278.235, that:that:out limitation, (a) Provides for an annual assessment of the affordable housing market at the city and county level, including data relating to housing units, age of housing, rental rates and rental vacancy rates, new home sales and resale of homes, new construction permits, mobile homes, lots available for mobile homes and conversions of multifamily condominiums;

(a)(b) ProvidesAddresses forthe anhousing annualneeds assessmentof various population groups in Nevada, such as households that rent, homeowners, elderly households, veterans, persons with disabilities or special needs, homeless persons, recovering drug abusers, persons suffering from mental health ailments and victims of domestic violence, with each group distinguished to show the affordablepercentage housingof marketthe population group at thedifferent cityincome levels, and countya level,determination includingof datathe relatingnumber toof households within each special-needs group experiencing housing units,costs agegreater than 50 percent of housing,their rentalincome, ratesovercrowding andor rentalsub(c) vacancyContains rates,an newestimate homeof salesthe number and resalecondition of homes,subsidized newand constructionother permits,low-income mobilehousing homes,units lotsat availablethe forcounty mobilelevel homes and conversionsthe identification of multifamilyany condominiums;subsidized units that are forecast to convert to market-rate units within a 2-year planning period;

(b) Addresses the housing needs of various population groups in Nevada, such as households that rent, homeowners, elderly households, veterans, persons with disabilities or special needs, homeless persons, recovering drug abusers, persons suffering from mental health ailments and victims of domestic violence, with each group distinguished to show the percentage of the population group at different income levels, and a determination of the number of households within each special-needs group experiencing housing costs greater than 50 percent of their income, overcrowding or substandard housing;

(c) Contains an estimate of the number and condition of subsidized and other low-income housing units at the county level and the identification of any subsidized units that are forecast to convert to market-rate units within a 2-year planning period;

- *SB104_R1* – 3 – (e) Provides the number of housing units available to a victim of domestic violence from any housing authority, as defined in NRS 315.021, and from participation in the program of housing assistance pursuant to section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C.

and (f) Provides the number of terminations of victims of domestic violence in this State from the program of housing assistanceassistancestic pursuant to section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C.

(a)- Accessible80th Session (2019) – 3 – (b) Affordable housing, as defined in NRS 278.0105,  has received any loan, grant or contribution for the multifamily residential housing from the Federal Government or the State, the owner shall, not less than quarterly, report to personsthe Division information concerning each unit of the multifamily residential housing that is available and suitable for use by a person with disabilities;a disability.

and5. (b) Affordable housing, as defined in NRS 278.0105,  has received any loan, grant or contribution for the multifamily residential housing from the Federal Government or the State, the owner shall, not less than quarterly, report to the Division information concerning each unit of the multifamily residential housing that is available and suitable for use by a person with a disability.

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required278.235 to1. include the housing element in its master plan pursuant to NRS 278.150, the governing body, in carrying out the plan for maintaining and developing affordable housing to meet the housing needs of the community, which is required to be included in the housing element pursuant to subparagraph (8) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 278.160, shall adopt at least six of the following measures:

(a)If At the expensegoverning body of thea city or county,county asis applicable,required subsidizingto include the housing element in wholeits ormaster plan pursuant to NRS 278.150, the governing body, in partcarrying impactout feesthe plan for maintaining and feesdeveloping foraffordable housing to meet the issuancehousing needs of buildingthe permitscommunity, collectedwhich is required to be included in the housing element pursuant to NRSsubparagraph 278.580.(8) of paragraph (c) of following measures:

278.160, shall adopt at least six of the (a) At the expense of the city or county, as applicable, subsidizing in whole or in part impact fees and fees for the issuance of building permits collected pursuant to NRS 278.580.

- *SB104_R1* – 4 – (c) Donating land owned by the city or county to a nonprofit organization to be used for affordable housing.

(d) Leasing land by the city or county to be used for affordable housing.hou(e) Requesting to purchase land owned by the Federal Government at a discounted price for the creation of affordable housing pursuant to the provisions of section 7(b) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998, Public Law 105-263.

(e) Requesting to purchase land owned by the Federal Government at a discounted price for the creation of affordable housing pursuant to the provisions of section 7(b) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998, Public Law 105-263.

- 80th Session (2019) – 4 – (g) Establishing a process that expedites the approval of plans and specifications relating to maintaining and developing affordable housing.

for(k) the purchase or rental of affordable housing.ualified applicants (l) Providing moneydirect forfinancial supportiveassistance services necessary to enablequalified personsapplicants with supportive housing needs to reside in affordable housing in accordance with a need for supportive housing identified in the 5-yearpurchase consolidatedor planrental adopted by the United States Department of Housingaffordable andhousing. Urban Development for the city or county pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

(l) Providing money for supportive services necessary to enable persons with supportive housing needs to reside in affordable housing in accordance with a need for supportive housing identified in the 5-year consolidated plan adopted by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the city or county pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

The governing body shall cooperate with the Housing Division to ensure that the information contained in - *SB104_R1* – 5 – the report is appropriate for inclusion in, and can be effectively incorporated into, the statewide low-income housing database created pursuant to NRS 319.143.