Nevada's governor, Joe Lombardo, vetoed SB335 on June 16, 2023, a bill to stop evictions of renters whose applications for rental help were still pending and to start an eviction-diversion program in the courts. Legal aid lawyers in Las Vegas warned that his housing vetoes would leave thousands of Nevadans newly homeless. He vetoed two more bills to change Nevada's fast-track summary eviction process, in 2023 and 2025.
On July 3, 2025, Lombardo praised the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the Congressional Budget Office found lowers the resources of the poorest tenth of households by about $1,200 a year, largely through its cuts to Medicaid and food aid.
Joe Lombardo's Eviction Vetoes and His Statement on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- Lombardo Vetoed Eviction Protection for Tenants Waiting on Rental Assistance in June 2023. On June 16, 2023, Joe Lombardo vetoed SB335, which would have protected tenants with pending rental-assistance applications from eviction and set up a formal eviction-diversion program in Nevada's courts. The Legal Aid Center, which helps Southern Nevada tenants with evictions, said the veto of SB335 and his other housing vetoes "will lead to thousands of newly homeless Nevadans." The bill would have kept tenants who are waiting on rental help from being evicted before it arrives.
- Lombardo Vetoed an Overhaul of Nevada's Summary Eviction Process in June 2025. On June 5, 2025, Joe Lombardo vetoed AB283, which would have restructured Nevada's summary eviction process, in which the tenant rather than the landlord must file first in court, and would have created a path to automatically seal certain eviction cases. With the veto, the tenant-files-first process stays in place, so a renter who gets a summary eviction notice must go to court to contest it, and the eviction cases the bill would have sealed remain on the record.
- Lombardo Vetoed a Bill Requiring Landlords to File First in Summary Evictions in June 2023. On June 16, 2023, Joe Lombardo vetoed AB340, which would have put the first court filing in a summary eviction on the landlord instead of the tenant. Legal aid lawyers in Southern Nevada said the bill brought "basic fairness in our summary eviction process" and that the veto would leave thousands of Nevadans homeless, with seniors and people with disabilities hit hardest.
- Lombardo Praised a Law That Leaves the Poorest Households About $1,200 a Year Worse Off. Joe Lombardo posted on July 3, 2025: "Nevadans should be excited about the potential impacts of tax cuts, investments in small businesses and American manufacturing, and efforts to help secure our border." That statement of support covers the whole law, including its cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. The Congressional Budget Office found the lowest-income tenth of households lose about $1,200 a year on average under the law, with its Medicaid cuts a large contributing factor; in Nevada, about 28,000 people lost SNAP food aid on May 1, 2026, after the law's work rules took effect.
Frequently Asked Questions About Joe Lombardo on Homelessness and poverty
What is Joe Lombardo's record on homelessness and poverty under Trump?
Joe Lombardo vetoed eviction protections and eviction reforms in 2023 and again in 2025, including SB335's protection for tenants waiting on rental assistance, and in July 2025 he praised the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the Congressional Budget Office found leaves the poorest households worse off.
How many eviction bills has Joe Lombardo vetoed?
Joe Lombardo vetoed several tenant bills on June 16, 2023, including SB335 on eviction diversion, AB340 on summary eviction filings and SB78, which would have given tenants a three-day grace period before late fees; in 2025 he vetoed AB283, the summary eviction overhaul, and AB280, a cap on rent increases for seniors.
Is homelessness rising in Nevada under Joe Lombardo?
Homelessness in Southern Nevada has risen during Joe Lombardo's term: the January 2026 count found 8,859 people homeless in Clark County on one night, up 12 percent from 2024. Counts like this are almost always undercounts, the Nevada Current noted.
Last updated: 2026-10-26