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Nevada Tenant Rights

When it comes to tenant rights in Nevada, we end up short with answers. The reason why is because there is not enough support in the state legislature for consumers. In fact, the government's interests go beyond the rights of tenants. Lawmakers spend more time legislating bills for the wealthiest than the middle-class people.

Landlords have so much power over tenants that sometimes we see no way out of the cave. Similar to famous Plato's Cave theory, where you feel a prisoner chained inside a cave with no doors to escape. That's how landlords treat tenants nowd days.

But now we have some victory with recently July 1, Senate Bill 151. Landlords can no longer charge whatever they please when it comes to the late fee for not paying the rent on time. The new bill force landlords to charge 5 percent late fee over the tenant’s rent. It also extends the eviction notice from five to seven business days after they were served for overdue charges.

But I like to call the Nevadans to raise their voices and demand fair treatment. We the tenants can easily get fined by landlords, but what about them? Why not making a legislative bill to apply a fine to them too? Especially when they refuse to do some repairs to our apartments.

it is time to take our thoughts into action. Please response with your suggestions. Thank you.