Voting mainly along party lines, the Assembly passed a bill 25-14 Wednesday to establish a board to review increases in lot rents at mobile home parks. Majority Leader Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, said mobile home residents want fair rents, not free rides.
Senior citizens choose between food and prescriptions and their rent.
The bill received the support of 23 Democrats, plus two Republicans. All other Republicans voted against the bill, as did three Democrats. The party-line vote does not bode well for the bill as it goes to the Senate for further hearings. Republicans hold a 12-9 margin in the chamber. Two years ago Senate Commerce Chairman Randolph Townsend, R-Reno, refused to hold a hearing on a similar rent justification bill passed by the Assembly.