LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo announced approval of a planned $200 million facility for transitional housing for the Las Vegas Valley homeless, and now FOX5 is getting new details about the location, services and operations for the “Campus for Hope.”
FOX5 told you about the $200 million project planned to tackle the Las Vegas Valley homeless crisis: In 2023, lawmakers passed AB528, providing $100 million to social services for the homeless. Las Vegas resort leaders helped spearhead the bill and promised to donate a contribution of around $100 million.
The bill required the creation of a non-profit and a board to oversee the project. Wynn, MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment are founding board members.
At the State of the State, Lombardo announced approval of the proposal for the Campus for Hope by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. The project unveiled a website following the address.
“Funded by the state and the private sector through the Campus for Hope Foundation, this groundbreaking project will provide life-changing resources for those experiencing homelessness,” Lombardo said.
“By bringing together the state, local governments, and our business community partners, the Campus for Hope exemplifies Nevada’s commitment to innovative results-driven solutions. More than just a building, the Campus represents the promise of a better future,” he said.
After surveying several sites across the valley, the project announced that the plot of land at the Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services Center at the corner of Jones Blvd. and Charleston Blvd. has been selected for the 26-acre facility. The buildings will be demolished and replaced with the Campus for Hope.
According to the website, the Campus for Hope will have 900 beds and 300 workers. Annual operating costs will be $30 million a year; a spokesperson said those costs will be split by local governments and the state, and the private sector will pay for any overages.
Services include childcare, medical care, addiction and mental health support, and other access to welfare and health programs.
FOX5 interviewed Virginia Valentine of the Nevada Resort Association, who explained how the transitional housing campus is inspired by a facility in San Antonio called the Haven for Hope: it describes itself as a housing community with all-inclusive services for different demographics.
“You can’t go straight from being unhoused into permanent housing and paying rent. What this facility is designed to be is one of the interim steps. It gets people into a place where they get the services they need. They get stable, they get on their feet, they live there for a brief period of time. Then they can move into some kind of supportive housing. The goal is to get everyone into permanent housing,” Valentine said.
Valentine explained that the facility is designed to create as normal a life as possible for families and people, to then transition back to normal life.
“That’s a very important step in getting people from unsheltered to permanent housing, because that’s the ultimate goal,” she said. “It’s going to take a lot of different creative solutions to address our homeless issues here,” Valentine said.
The project is in the design phase; FOX5 is told that the project will be aesthetically pleasing, all to provide dignity and normalcy for the people in need.
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