Apartment lobby opposes bill after praising it on TV
May 3, 2021
VegasPBS Nevada Week host Kipp Ortenburger and Suzy Vasquez, executive director of the Nevada Apartment Association, in an April 23 Nevada week broadcast. (VegasPBS screengrab).
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This story was originally published by Nevada Current.
They were against it before they were for it before they were against it.
At a Friday state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for a proposal to automatically seal pandemic-related evictions, the Nevada State Apartment Association testified in opposition to the legislation, despite earlier public comments in support of the bill.
During an appearance onPBS’s Nevada Weekthat aired April 23, Susy Vasquez, the executive director of the association, was asked what potential solutions were available if the feared wave of evictions hits when Gov. Steve Sisolak’smoratorium expiresat the end of May.