A $200M Campus for Hope in Las Vegas: What Does It Mean When We Serve the “Least of These”?
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Can one truly rebuild life off the streets? Is it physically possible to end poverty and homelessness? Is there still hope for those suffering from drug addiction and alcoholism? Campus for Hope in Las Vegas is certainly going to try.
On July 17, 2025, officials broke ground on the Campus for Hope in Las Vegas, Nevada. This $200 million public–private initiative in Southern Nevada is designed to provide 900 transitional beds, along with housing, recovery, and support services for people experiencing homelessness. The 20- to 26-acre site, modeled after a successful facility in San Antonio, is expected to open between 2027 and 2028. While the project has a few more years to go, it represents a unified effort to move beyond temporary fixes and offer long-term hope, healing, and restoration for those in need.
When a community chooses to invest deeply in serving its most vulnerable, how does that reflect our call as followers of Christ to love our neighbor—and how might we each join that work in our own corner of the world? What does it look like when a city truly invests in the “least of these”?
Here’s What We Know
According to Bryan Chan, an emcee for Campus for Hope, this initiative will include 900 transitional beds, long-term housing and recovery programs, and wraparound services such as job training, healthcare, and counseling. Their goal isn’t to just create a shelter, but to offer tools and resources that will encourage individuals to “rebuild a life off the streets.”
Modeled after San Antonio’s Haven for Hope, a transformational campus in Texas that empowers individuals and families experiencing homelessness to transform their lives, it’s plausible that the Nevada campus will be just as effective. Currently reaching over 9,843 Haven clients, the location in Nevada aims to double that.
ABC 13 reports the following projected timeline for the project:
-Crews have been working on furthering the design of the project long before the groundbreaking.
-Site work was projected to start this fall, but vertical construction will not start until the summer of 2026.
-Construction should take approximately two years, making the Campus for Hope’s official opening date for 2028.
As this collaboration between city officials, nonprofits, and faith-based groups continues, Kim Jefferies, CEO of Campus for Hope, reports that there’s a key distinction between this campus and other homeless shelters:
“No one is just allowed to walk onto the facility,” began Jefferies. “It’s really for people who are able and willing and ready for that next step to resolve their homelessness.” The 900 beds are thus expected to be divided between families (37%), single individuals (42% (22 per gender)), young adults (13%), those identified in the LGBTQ community (4%), and unmarried couples without children (4%). What do these implications mean for us as a nation?