Like many states across the West, Nevada faces challenges with supply and demand for housing. One advocate for the disability community describes the pool of affordable and accessible homes in the Silver State as "sad." Mary Evilsizer, executive director of the the Southern Nevada Centers for Independent Living, said some of the biggest challenges in helping disabled folks find housing is ensuring they are able to meet certain criteria and requirements set by landlords, and second is affordability. "All landlords require that an individual with a disability or an individual without a disability -- it's the same way across the board -- have an income that is three times the amount of the rent that they pay. " ...

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