Brookings Mountain West
Brookings Mountain West is a partnership between 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution. The purpose of Brookings Mountain West is to bring the Brookings tradition of high-quality, independent, and impactful research to the issues facing the dynamic and fast-growing Intermountain West region. Building upon work at Brookings and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, our community engagement and research initiatives focus on helping metropolitan areas like Las Vegas grow in robust, inclusive, and sustainable ways. Brookings Mountain West provides a platform to bring ideas and expertise together to enhance public policy discussions at the local, state, and regional level.
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Brookings Mountain West In the News
Local elected officials, planning and transportation representatives along with developers gathered Thursday around a central question: how do we address Southern Nevada’s ongoing housing shortage?
Government and private-sector leaders from across the valley met Thursday to talk about an issue that locals find particularly vexing: the lack of affordable homes.
With Las Vegas expected to reach a population of 3 million by 2042, health care in an already underserved community and attracting medical professionals will become more important than ever.
Statewide, there is one mental health professional for every 460 residents, and every Nevada county is federally designated as having a mental health provider shortage, according to a separate 2023 study from the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ/Brookings Mountain West. Nevada would need 235 mental health professionals to eliminate the shortage designation.