affordable housing
Utah’s Scary Housing Market
With $2,950 per month to own a very small home, young couples have no chance of finding any affordable housing than young couples in Utah.
City of Centerfield Responds to NIMBYISM Claim Against Affordable Housing
Is NIMBYISM involved in the decision to place the moratorium on an affordable housing project in Centerfield, Utah, or the shortage of water?
Despite Utah’s Affordable Housing Crisis, the City of Centerfield Places Moratorium on an Affordable Housing Project
There is virtually no affordable housing supply along the Wasatch Front. So why would a moratorium be placed on one project that could have provided it? Despite Utah’s Affordable Housing…
Why “Deeply Affordable” Housing Is Not Being Built in Utah and it Won’t be Built Anytime Soon
The affordable housing crisis is likely the most important problem younger and low-income Utahns are facing today.
Moab Workers Build Their Own Homes to Overcome Housing Shortage
Arroyo Crossing, Moab homes are built specifically for Grand County workers on a parcel owned by the nonprofit Moab Area Community Land Trust.
Blood, Sweat and Equity — Affordable Housing in Moab
A lack of affordable housing isn’t just an issue in Moab, but seems to be a trend across the country, where many families live paycheck to paycheck, and the thought…
Moab’s Affordable Housing—Is There Hope?
One might deduce that there is an affordable housing crisis when stories are circulated of working adults living with their parents, camped out on public lands and in the yards…
Moab—500 Tourists for Every Resident
The American Dream is limited government in support of social mobility and a strong middle class, not agents out to preserve and protect property values.
The Good, The Bad, and The Pricey
With rents outpacing income increases since 2010, and an estimated statewide housing unit deficit of 50,000 (another Kem. C. Gardner Policy Institute discovery), Utahns are getting creative with housing.
Utah’s Unaffordable Housing
As other cities have learned, density and taller buildings discourage car usage and encourage transit use. Fewer parking stalls, not more, discourage car usage. Narrower roads, not wider, encourage transit…
Downtown SLC Building Boom: The New Face of Downtown Examined
Hundreds of transplants who earn lucrative salaries from companies such as Goldman Sachs, believe the rents in Salt Lake City are much more reasonable than those in places like New…
Moab: Affordable Housing Meets Sweat Equity
one solution to mitigating Moab’s housing woes: the Mutual Self-help Housing program, which, to date, has constructed more than 150 homes for low-income families. Under the guidance of a licensed…
Tiny Houses in Utah
Inspired by a San Francisco visit, builder Jeffrey White constructs a tiny home called the Sarah House Project.
