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Las Vegas Living: Incorporating Affordable Housing In The Strip, Maria Dos Santos
Las Vegas Living: Incorporating Affordable Housing In The Strip, Maria Dos Santos
Hospitality Design Graduate Student Capstones
At the time of this writing (Spring 2021), the housing market in Las Vegas is hitting all-time highs. Average home prices are higher than they were pre-housing crash of 2008, and the available housing stock is so limited that many buyers are paying tens of thousands over asking price and they are doing it with cash. All of this is happening against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospitality industry (travel, meetings, events, restaurant, etc.) was among the hardest hit sectors of the economy, and many workers in this largest area of the Las Vegas economy are low-income employees …