Nevada

Presidential hopefuls must address housing issues 

The Republican presidential candidates let a great opportunity slip away during Tuesday night’s presidential debate to explain how they would address the nation’s housing problems to get the housing market and economy back on track.

There can be no economic recovery without a housing recovery, yet the silence on housing was deafening during the debate.

As a homebuilder from Reno, Nev., it is particularly ironic that with the debate in Las Vegas — the epicenter of the foreclosure crisis — the candidates chose to duck this topic and other critical housing issues.