Rents are crazy high, evictions are spiking, and now federal rent assistance is scaling back drastically. Today, co-host Dayvid Figler talks with Legal Aid Executive Director Barbara Buckley, who is predicting a “tsunami” of housing insecurity in Las Vegas in the next 60 days — Legal Aid has already seen the number of clients seeking housing advice at their free legal clinic nearly double recently. Barbara says Legal Aid has some “common sense” solutions they’re pushing at the 2023 legislative session, but, as former Speaker of the Assembly, she knows a showdown is likely in store.
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