Say they have heard from people expressing their anger over the 911 failure which may have left some callers waiting 30 to 50 minutes. Heres what assistant sheriff tom roberts told us it is unclear how many callers were affected over the six hour period. Calls were dispatched to henderson and North Las Vegas where metro staffers went to help answer the rerouted calls after the problem was discovered around 3 30 tuesday afternoon. The Industry Standard for 911 is for a call to be answered in ten seconds. But yesterday callers could have waited 30 to fifty minutes. And before calls were rerouted, some calls were dropped. Roberts apologized to the community. He said it is unlikely a failure like this would happen again. There is additional monitoring and staffing though just in case and to also help figure how the failure happened. He said foul play has been ruled out though. Roberts metro police well that was definitely a concern for us last night with everything thats going on in the wo
Now app. The impact on tax incentives on Affordable Housing was the subject of a hearing from the finance committee. They spoke about the rise in home prices and addressed concerns about equity firms and corporations buying properties in low income communities which could push out residents. [indistinct conversations] the finance Committee Meets this morning, this hearing comes at a time when americans are being clobbered by climbing rents and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data last week showed that rent increased in june at the fastest rate since 1986. Buying a home is becoming more expensive. Many young people with modest incomes or big Student Loan Debt , feel that the dream of homeownership has slipped out of their reach. The root cause, the United States is not building enough housing. It has been that way for decades. The shortage is effecting citizens and cities all over america. For example, my hometown of portland, skyrocketing rent and low supply of Affordable Housin
The finance Committee Meets this morning to discuss how this hearing comes at a time when americans are getting clobbered by climbing rent and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data released last week shows rent increased in june at the fastest rate since 1986. Buying a home is getting more expensive. Many people that have modest incomes for big Student Loan Debt feel like the dream of homeownership has slipped out of the reach. The root causes the United States isnt building enough housing. The shortage is affecting citizens and cities all over america. For example, my hometown of portland the skyrocketing rent and of low supplies is also an issue in the central oregon, Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon where they cant build enough housing fast enough to keep up with demand. I would be willing to bet we would be talking about a number of issues this morning and i would just like to raise a relatively new issue that deserves scrutiny and that is private equity firms with sophisti
The finance Committee Meets this morning to discuss how this hearing comes at a time when americans are getting clobbered by climbing rent and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data released last week shows rent increased in june at the fastest rate since 1986. Buying a home is getting more expensive. Many people that have modest incomes for big Student Loan Debt feel like the dream of homeownership has slipped out of the reach. The root causes the United States isnt building enough housing. The shortage is affecting citizens and cities all over america. For example, my hometown of portland the skyrocketing rent and of low supplies is also an issue in the central oregon, Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon where they cant build enough housing fast enough to keep up with demand. I would be willing to bet we would be talking about a number of issues this morning and i would just like to raise a relatively new issue that deserves scrutiny and that is private equity firms with sophisti
The finance Committee Meets this morning to discuss how this hearing comes at a time when americans are getting clobbered by climbing rent and home prices, key drivers of inflation. Data released last week shows rent increased in june at the fastest rate since 1986. Buying a home is getting more expensive. Many people that have modest incomes for big Student Loan Debt feel like the dream of homeownership has slipped out of the reach. The root causes the United States isnt building enough housing. The shortage is affecting citizens and cities all over america. For example, my hometown of portland the skyrocketing rent and of low supplies is also an issue in the central oregon, Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon where they cant build enough housing fast enough to keep up with demand. I would be willing to bet we would be talking about a number of issues this morning and i would just like to raise a relatively new issue that deserves scrutiny and that is private equity firms with sophisti