LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A new housing development coming to the Las Vegas Valley is being called the first of its kind for Southern Nevada, offering resources to those with mental health challenges or those escaping homelessness.
The 50-unit complex, managed by the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority, is being built off of Charleston Boulevard and Nellis Avenue.
Residents receive housing vouchers through the SNRHA.
The UNLV Health Mojave Counseling outpatient clinic will oversee healthcare for residents. Residents can receive psychiatric services, medical care, medication, and get access to 40 hours of case management a week.
“We haven’t had this kind of project in in Southern Nevada, so this is a new idea– but it isn’t new to the country, and it is a model that works,” said Jason Schwartz, UNLV Health’s Director of Community Support for Mojave Counseling Adult Psychiatry. There are many models of “supportive housing” across the country.
“Some of these folks are going to need support, and by having the support there, we create an environment and an opportunity for people to live the highest level of social functioning that they are capable of,” Schwartz said, noting that without these services, people with various traumas cannot live to their fullest potential.
Residents will have a lease and will pay rent; they can come and go like residents in a typical apartment, but there will be restricted access for entry, Schwartz said.
Coordinated Living of Southern Nevada, non-profit partner of Ovation, will provide aid such as food pantry services. Other amenities include computer stations, WiFi, a community gathering space and a community kitchen.
Chair Tick Segerblom tells FOX5, he hopes it can be a model across the Las Vegas Valley– and it would be ideal to have ten of them throughout the county.
“It’s a gorgeous building facility, and there’s no reason it couldn’t be duplicated throughout the Valley,” Segerblom said.
“Once we can show that it works, then it’d be tough for somebody to say, ‘well, not in my backyard,’” He said.
According to the SNRHA, once the project is approved for occupancy in early 2026, residents can start moving in, in February 2026.
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