of Housing , Transportation , and Energy in South Lake Tahoe
Nearly everyone renting in South Lake Tahoe lives in fear of losing their home and not being able to find another. Kids grow up and move out and struggle to find an apartment. Over 5000 people commute into work from outside of the basin. New people want to join our community and need a place to live without displacing others.
Solutions are possible. Planners at the City and the TRPA are working on ways to cut the red tape and make it easier to build sustainable multifamily housing in town centers and I support adapting land use policy to meet our housing and energy efficiency needs. The City has seen recent success using public land and state grants to build income-restricted affordable housing and we need to keep the momentum up!