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Former Mayor Rocky Anderson on Salt Lake City’s Rise in Homelessness

May 28, 2023 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

  Former Mayor Rocky Anderson on Salt Lake City’s Rise in Homelessness And the Treatment of Homeless People By Current Salt Lake City Mayor Mendenhall Two-term former Mayor Rocky Anderson is running again for Mayor of Salt Lake City because he sees Salt Lake City in a state of moral decay and turmoil for residents, members of the homeless community, and businesses … [Read more...]

Investigating Homelessness Death and Public Safety in Utah

August 15, 2022 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Housing costs have risen sky-high in Utah. Many are priced out of the market. Just what is the city doing to help those who have become recently homeless? They are “abating” them. Eric Peterson from the Utah Investigative Journalism Project recently wrote an article for the Salt Lake Tribune concerning the exorbitant costs of homeless abatements in 2021. Peterson appeared on … [Read more...]

Utah Homelessness Getting Out of Control: What are the solutions?

June 28, 2022 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

A conversation with Pioneer Park Coalition board Member Scott Howell and Catholic Diocese Director Jean Hill. It’s an untenable situation: more people camping on the streets; more people unwilling to enter shelters; more clearly insane people walking around the streets in downtown; all social services in Salt Lake City are maxed out. There are not enough social workers, beds, … [Read more...]

Why Is the 600% Increase in Homeless Spending Resulting in More Homelessness in Utah?

January 24, 2022 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

What Can the State or City do to Alleviate Homelessness? A report was recently released (in November of 2021 by the Utah State Auditor’s Office). The report details what it has found to be some of the reasons why despite massive spending increases the homeless population only continues to increase. Currently, the major issues associated with the homeless epidemic are a lack … [Read more...]

No Hiding the Homeless: Pandemic pulls back the curtain on SLC homelessness

March 27, 2021 by Claire McArthur Leave a Comment

Next to the Geraldine E. King Women’s Center sits a cluster of tents and homeless individuals leaning against a nearby building. The Center, at 700 South and State Street stands witness to one of dozens of encampments scattered throughout the city, highlighting the persistent issue of homelessness that has become even more visible amid the pandemic.  “There have been more … [Read more...]

How Drug Addiction and Homelessness are Intertwined

July 18, 2018 by Holly Holloway Leave a Comment

When someone is faced with addiction, they often can’t control the fate of their living situation as most, if not all, of their focus is solely on obtaining and using drugs they have become dependent on. When this happens, people with substance use disorders can sometimes find themselves homeless and living on the streets. The connection between addiction and homelessness is … [Read more...]

Tackling Homelessness in the Suburbs

February 22, 2018 by Carey Hamilton Leave a Comment

Residents living on the south side of Cottonwood Apartments near 4700 South and 900 East could hear and were sometimes awoken over the past six months by loud construction sounds, but many were unaware of what was occurring just across Little Cottonwood Creek. Some who ventured over to the abandoned business complex at 965 East Murray Holladay Rd. to walk their dogs or just … [Read more...]

Inside Heroin Addiction and Homelessness in Salt Lake City

January 5, 2017 by Ryan Trimble Leave a Comment

man injecting heroin

If a lighthouse were planted on Lookout Peak above Salt Lake City, you could trace the lambency of its beacon in a southwestern direction down the mountainside, across the polished spires of the Mormon temple, through the glass façade of Vivint Arena, and finally into the Block, where the light would disperse and settle like falling snow. The Block is the gathering place for … [Read more...]

Utah’s Revolutionary Approach to Solving the Homelessness Problem

July 7, 2015 by Utah Stories Leave a Comment

Utah has been in the news recently for the historically conservative state’s surprisingly liberal approach to solving their homelessness problems: the state’s government has been providing homeless people with permanent housing. Through the program Housing First, Utah places chronically homeless people, meaning people who have been without a home for at least a year or who … [Read more...]

Why Should We Care About the Homeless in Utah?

March 27, 2023 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Last year over 100,000 people died from drug overdoses, and many of these people were homeless. These people are our “lost sheep.” The homeless in Utah, and all over the United States are dying at an astounding rate. At least fifteen people have died in Salt Lake City due to both, cold and drug overdoses this year. Some say the toll is higher than fifty, but sadly we don’t know … [Read more...]

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