Who’s appointed to the housing authority board?

Las Vegas Review-Journal

3 years ago

The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority chairperson, Scott Black, speaks during a specia ... — The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority chairperson, Scott Black, speaks during a special meeting to discuss the results of an outside human resources investigation into Executive Director Chad Williams on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

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Las Vegas Councilwoman Olivia Diaz speaks during a news conference at UNLV School of Medicine in Las Vegas Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Medical professionals joined elected leaders from the City of Las Vegas and Clark County to urge Nevadans to return to their primary care physicians, dentists and other medical providers. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority commissioners, Lawrence Weekly, left, and Dan Shaw take part in a special meeting to discuss the results of an outside human resources investigation into Executive Director Chad Williams on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Clark County commissioners Tick Segerblom, left, and William McCurdy II talk before a commission meeting in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The Clark County Commission is considering a proposed local plan Tuesday to submit to the state as the county prepares to assume local control of rules and enforcement over the pandemic. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

A majority of the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority’s board is comprised of elected city and county officials.

Five of the board’s nine members are appointed by the elected bodies that they serve on: two from the Clark County Commission, and one each from the city councils of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson.

— Chair Scott Black is a North Las Vegas city councilman

— Vice Chair Olivia Diaz is a Las Vegas city councilwoman

— Board member Dan Shaw is a Henderson city councilman

— Board member Tick Segerblom is a Clark County commissioner

— Board member William McCurdy II is a Clark County commissioner

The remaining four board members are recipients of housing authority assistance who are appointed by the cities and county. One represents each jurisdiction.

Terms for housing authority commissioners will last four years.

Since 2009 the housing authority has provided public housing and housing choice vouchers for all of the Las Vegas Valley. Prior to that, three public housing agencies operated independently in the region.

Elected officials have been a part of the board since July 2017, when a new state law required the county’s three largest cities to immediately appoint one of their city council members to the housing authority board.

Black and Shaw have served since that time. Diaz joined the board in August 2019.

Segerblom joined in October 2019, and McCurdy joined in February 2021.

Contact Michael Scott Davidson at sdavidson@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3861. Follow @davidsonlvrj on Twitter.