LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Working families with limited incomes may qualify to own a home and achieve the “American Dream,” and county and state leaders are getting the word out about how local families can apply and qualify.
The pre-application process is open for prospective homeowners for the Welcome Home Community Land Trust through Clark County. Starting in late August, families can take the mandatory virtual or in-person classes for eligibility.
Clark County is working to build more than 200 affordable homes across two developments, starting with Rebecca Place in Las Vegas off Tropical Parkway and Rainbow Road. The second project, called Cactus Trails, will be built on federal land.
Households of two or more people must meet income requirements and cannot make more than 100% of the Area Median Income.
Groundbreaking for Rebecca Place started in December 2025. According to Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick, the first qualifying families could move into homes as early as December of this year.
“It is a typical everyday home that fits in the neighborhood. It’s across the street from a park, next to a school. Everything that you want when you want to own a home,” Kirkpatrick said, noting that mortgages will be a third of the household income to help families afford payments.
“We really want them to have their forever home. It can be their forever home, and they can pass it down generationally,” Kirkpatrick said.
The county worked with U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and her office on federal legislation and efforts to secure BLM land for housing.
“We just passed the 21st Century Road to Housing bill in Congress in a bipartisan way. The goal with that legislation is to support not only the building of more homes or affordable homes, but it’s also home ownership, it’s rental assistance, it’s for manufactured communities,” Sen. Cortez Masto said.
“We want people to be aware of it because we want them to apply. It’s only going to be as successful as the people that are out there that are applying to own one of these homes,” the Senator said.
Here’s how the program works: the homeowner owns the structure, but the County owns the land; after ownership for five years, the homeowner can build some equity and sell, but County officials note that the program is designed not to generate large profits.
“We don’t want it to be a windfall for someone if the County is using public dollars to build these homes,” Kirkpatrick said.
Organizations can help prospective homebuyers with credit concerns or obtaining a loan, the commissioner said.
The first virtual class starts August 26. Click here for more details: Orientation Sessions
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