Nevada has the least affordable housing in the country, according to an analysis by several organizations based on data from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
HUD describes affordable housing as housing on which the occupant pays no more than 30 percent of gross income for housing costs, including utilities.
When a household exceeds the 30 percent threshold, other basic needs can suffer including nutrition, health care, and the ability to keep up with housing costs.
Nevada is at the top list of states in the county where extremely low-income renter households were facing severe cost burdens, according to a study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NILH)….