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State and local leaders celebrated breaking ground on a new affordable senior housing project in Las Vegas on Monday.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, State Treasurer Zach Conine and other dignitaries took part in a shovel ceremony for theDecatur Rome Senior Apartments in the northwest valley.

Ovation Development Corp. said the $78 million project will bring 276 new affordable housing units to the market, including 38 “tiny homes” and 238 apartment units.

Of those units, 180 will be available to seniors marking less than 49% of the area median income, and another 96 units will be for seniors making less than 59% of the area median income.

The land for the project once belonged to the federal government. It was granted to the city of Las Vegas for affordable housing, and the Clark County Community Housing Funds and Nevada Housing Division helped contribute funding to make it a reality.

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