Darrell Berkheimer | Columnist Any housing analysis of Nevada County will quickly reveal that the greatest need is for workforce dwellings and starter homes because that is where a huge void exists. The Regional Housing Authority, with the county as a cooperating partner, has been moving to establish direly needed subsidized housing for local homeless citizens and low-income senior citizens. Meanwhile, the only other local housing additions of any significance involve the building of large homes that gobble up too much land. Those are the homes developers are adding because they are the only housing type from which they can pencil out a decent profit.