http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/01/union-helping-open-doors-homeownership/

Union helping open doors to homeownership in Las Vegas

Three years ago, as the Culinary Union sat down with Las Vegas casino companies for a new round of contract talks, labor leaders sought to preserve the city’s identity as a worker’s paradise, the place where a housekeeper owns a home. Part of the Las Vegas dream had always been homeownership — and the housing bubble, driven by subprime mortgages and real estate speculation, was pushing that core promise out of reach for many of the union’s rank-and-file members. The median sale price for a single-family home in 2007 topped $300,000.

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