Transitional housing complex planned

Construction on a new transitional housing facility for 120 homeless adults in Las Vegas will start Thursday and Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa will be on hand for the groundbreaking.

St. Vincent Help, the name of the complex, will give the homeless a place to live as they enter the workforce and find permanent housing.

Individuals earning 35 percent of the city's median income will be eligible for a room in the complex. All residents must be currently homeless and living in shelters or on the streets.

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and HELP USA are sponsoring the project. The $420,000 price tag is being funded through a grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Affordable Housing Program.

The city, Clark County, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Nevada Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program and the Enterprise Foundation also have invested in the project.

Of the 120 units available, 18 will be set aside for disabled persons while 20 will be used for adults older than 55.

HELP USA is a not-for-profit corporation founded in New York in 1986 and is the nation's largest developer and operator of supportive homeless housing.

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