Nevada6077 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Idaho Montana Nevada other blm states! Can’t believe what Cance said about vacant land!!!! wgat is it good for … except building houses! wow there goes hunting except private land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada6077 Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 On 10/1/2024 at 7:16 PM, Nevada6077 said: Idaho Montana Nevada other blm states! Can’t believe what Cance said about vacant land!!!! wgat is it good for … except building houses! wow there goes hunting except private land JD Vance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWestCowboy Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 The issue of selling portions of federal lands in the west is much more nuanced. There are federal lands near existing municipalities that can and should be considered for sale to help alleviate home building costs. For sure this could be taken advantage of but also so oversight would be highly important. The link below is an informative read. https://www.eenews.net/articles/build-housing-on-federal-land-both-harris-and-trump-are-in-favor/ Nicholas Irwin, the research director at the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ Lied Center for Real Estate, noted housing costs there are on the rise. “This is a big issue all over the state,” Irwin said, pointing to research by the university that shows all but three of Nevada’s 17 counties have seen a 50 percent increase in house prices since 2018. But it’s particularly concerning in Clark County, home to the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Nearly 90 percent of Clark County is federally owned land, mostly overseen by BLM. Unless the federal government is willing to part with some of this land, the state is literally land locked. Irwin and other researchers estimate that Clark County will run out of land to build homes, commercial structures or anything else within the next eight years. That kind of constraint could further jack up prices. “The issues that we face on housing and affordability are no different than the issues that California faces,” Irwin said. “It’s just that we have this added federal lands component that makes it much worse.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billings Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 On 10/4/2024 at 12:20 AM, NorthWestCowboy said: The issue of selling portions of federal lands in the west is much more nuanced. There are federal lands near existing municipalities that can and should be considered for sale to help alleviate home building costs. For sure this could be taken advantage of but also so oversight would be highly important. The link below is an informative read. https://www.eenews.net/articles/build-housing-on-federal-land-both-harris-and-trump-are-in-favor/ Nicholas Irwin, the research director at the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ Lied Center for Real Estate, noted housing costs there are on the rise. “This is a big issue all over the state,” Irwin said, pointing to research by the university that shows all but three of Nevada’s 17 counties have seen a 50 percent increase in house prices since 2018. But it’s particularly concerning in Clark County, home to the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Nearly 90 percent of Clark County is federally owned land, mostly overseen by BLM. Unless the federal government is willing to part with some of this land, the state is literally land locked. Irwin and other researchers estimate that Clark County will run out of land to build homes, commercial structures or anything else within the next eight years. That kind of constraint could further jack up prices. “The issues that we face on housing and affordability are no different than the issues that California faces,” Irwin said. “It’s just that we have this added federal lands component that makes it much worse.” Meanwhile Minneapolis has eliminated single family housing zoning and allows up to a triplex in the area now. Rents are falling and affordable housing production is increasing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
