Cortez Masto Highlights Work to Address Housing Crisis, Celebrates Progress at Blind Center’s Visions Park

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Las Vegas, Nev. - Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) highlighted her work to address the housing crisis alongside Todd Imholte, President and CEO of the Blind Center of Nevada. They also celebrated progress on construction at the Blind Center's new Visions Park development with prospective residents Vanessa Rosado and Will Stokely.

"Having a roof over your head isn't just shelter - it's security, it's health care, and it's stability," said Senator Cortez Masto. "With developments like Visions Park, our Valley gets one step closer to making sure everyone can have housing that is affordable and accessible. Now Congress has to do its part. We must finish what we started and get the 21^st Century ROAD to Housing Act to the President's desk."

"Visions Park represents what is possible when public leadership and community mission come together to solve real problems. This development is designed specifically for individuals who are blind or visually impaired to live independently in a community built for their success. We are deeply grateful to Senator Cortez Masto for her leadership and commitment to expanding affordable and accessible housing. Because of partnerships like this, we are not just building apartments, we are creating a model for what inclusive housing can look like across the country," said Todd Imholte, President and CEO of the Blind Center of Nevada.

In the past few years, Senator Cortez Masto has secured more than $17 million from the Federal Home Loan Bank's affordable housing Targeted Fund for Nevada, which she pushed to create. In 2025, the Blind Center received more than a million dollars to go towards the construction of the Visions Park development. When completed, Visions Park will have 100 affordable housing units for blind and visually impaired individuals. She also championed other federal investments that made this 100-unit development possible.

In discussing her work to address the housing crisis, the Senator highlighted the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,which overwhelmingly passed the Senate last month. This legislation includes provisions from Cortez Masto's HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act (HOME Act) and the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Act, which she introduced last year to address the affordable housing crisis in Nevada and across the country. This legislation would also:

• Remove regulatory red tape that slows down housing development;
• Help more homeless veterans access VA housing;
• Reform the existing Rural Housing Service to help preserve affordable housing in rural areas; and
• Create a pilot program at HUD to offer grants and forgivable loans to homeowners and small landlords to address home repair needs and health hazards.

Senator Cortez Masto has been a leader working to lower housing costs and build more homes. Last year she secured $40 million in investments from the FHLBank of San Francisco to support the single-family bond program in Nevada. She introduced the Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act, which would make homeownership more accessible and sustainable for working families. Last Congress, her AACE Act to cut red tape to speed up federal land transactions and lower housing costs was signed into law. She has also been a champion for making it easier to build affordable housing on federal land.

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