LAS VEGAS: A new report has revealed a growing demand for housing assistance and long waiting lists for social housing.
The report found the number of households in social housing – which covers public and community housing – was up 4 per cent from 2007-08.
It also found that waiting lists remain long, as do waiting times for allocation with some 46 per cent of public rental housing allocations that were classified as in greatest need spent more than two years on a waiting list.
“Households in greatest need are highly vulnerable groups such as people experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness, households where there is a member with a disability, or the main tenant is aged either under 25, or is 75 or older,” said…