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  • Utah Wants Affordable Homes. So Why Did It Kill the Starter Home Bill?

    Utah Wants Affordable Homes. So Why Did It Kill the Starter Home Bill?

    Utah leaders have spent years talking about affordable housing. Governor Spencer Cox has repeatedly emphasized the need for more attainable housing, with a goal of creating tens of thousands of starter homes priced below $300,000. Yet despite broad agreement that housing affordability remains one of the state’s biggest challenges, one proposal designed specifically to encourage the construction of smaller, more affordable single-family homes failed to advance during the most recent legislative session. The question raises an uncomfortable issue: if Utah…

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  • What It Was Like Being the Only Jewish Professor at Weber State in the 1980s

    What It Was Like Being the Only Jewish Professor at Weber State in the 1980s

    When Zeveloff arrived at Weber State in 1984, he entered a state that was far more isolated than the Utah most residents know today. The state was growing, but it had not yet experienced the population boom, national attention and influx of newcomers that would come in later decades. At Weber State, most professors were white, male and Mormon. Most either came from Utah or had received their graduate training there. Zeveloff was different in nearly every way.

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