The case for turning golf courses into affordable housing
Maybe it was never a great idea to build so many golf courses in the desert. But in the 1990s, when Tiger Woods mania was at its peak, Las Vegas went on a fairway construction spree, dotting the city with dozens of pristine, water-gobbling green oases, most woven around upscale master-planned suburbs. One of those […]
Las Vegas, a city notorious for its overabundance of golf courses, is now considering the transformation of one such fairway into the largest affordable housing complex in Nevada's history. This ambitious project, which began in 2015 after years of contentious legal battles, aims to address the state's severe housing shortage and high costs of living.
With roughly 16,000 golf courses scattered across the country, some experts estimate that repurposing just a fraction of them could generate 22 million new affordable homes. However, the success of such a massive undertaking hinges on overcoming the significant political and social hurdles that have plagued previous attempts to develop these sites.
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