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Homeless in Sugar House

October 17, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

As apartment buildings rise and the shelters fill, the voices of the homeless on homeless policy. “I’ve given up on the homeless resource center,” said a man who we’ll call John. Now camping around Fairmont Park for the past few months, John added, “They say they want to help, but I showed up two minutes after eight o’clock and they took my room and kept all of my … [Read more...]

Could Tiny Homes Be the Answer to Utah’s Affordable Housing Shortage?

May 4, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

A Tiny Home Village is A Much Better Solution Than “Housing First” to Alleviate Utah’s Affordable Housing Crisis A tiny home village in Austin, Texas called Community First! Village, has been working to help alleviate the working-poor homeless gap in Austin, Texas, which is even more of a boom-town than Salt Lake City. It’s a much better solution for the working poor … [Read more...]

Six Years of Failed Homeless Policy in Salt Lake City

May 3, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

A look back at the last six years of Salt Lake City’s projects for handling chronic homelessness Eric Vini, a working homeless man put it this way, “They will give another person a house that is not working, but a working person can’t get a house!” Vini added, “A person who is out here every day, can get a house, but a working person who is trying to be a productive citizen … [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...]

Big Dreams for Tiny Houses by Architectural Nexus in Salt Lake City

February 26, 2020 by Brian Fryer Leave a Comment

On a brisk fall day in October, employees of Architectural Nexus in Salt Lake City gathered for a farewell party. They were not bidding goodbye and good luck to a coworker, but to the tiny house in their parking lot, a house they had designed and built together over the past year that would now be shipped to Seattle, placed on the property of a “host home”, and become a … [Read more...]

Homeless Millennials—Weighing In On Big Changes to City Programs

November 6, 2019 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

  A resource center is not a homeless shelter, and that helps explain their $63 million price tag. Was this a good investment? We will get to that later in the story, but first I would like to know: What do young homeless people think about these new centers? Fairmont Park “Jessica” is a homeless millennial. She says she is “homeless by choice.” “It’s the choices I … [Read more...]

Inspiration for Life

October 25, 2019 by Tom Bennett Leave a Comment

News of Death Every city has a place where the downtrodden congregate. In Salt Lake, Pioneer Park is that place. I would see drug use and violence, but on one spring day I saw something new. A man in a chef toque was meditating under a tree. I saw him there daily. My curiosity grew and one day I sat in silence beside him. After awhile he turned and smiled at me with a sublime … [Read more...]

Downtown Salt Lake: Out With the Old, In With the New

October 14, 2019 by Claire McArthur Leave a Comment

A Downtown Renaissance? It’s an exciting time for Downtown Salt Lake City. Five high-rise buildings are poised to redefine the capital city’s skyline in 2020 with apartments, hotel rooms, office space, and retail; new bars and restaurants are opening up on every street; an influx of young professionals are moving to the area to take advantage of it all. This is on top of the … [Read more...]

Food Not Bombs: More Than an Event, It’s a Lifestyle

March 19, 2018 by Danielle Susi Leave a Comment

When Keith McHenry’s phone rings, it may be people calling the Hunger Hotline. The toll free 800 number assists callers in locating their local Food Not Bombs chapters, offers tips on how to collect and cook food, how to start a local chapter, and what to do if the police try to stop your group from sharing food and other information about Food Not Bombs. “We receive from … [Read more...]

Did A Daily Show Story Flood Salt Lake City with Homeless?

November 20, 2017 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Salt Lake City declared a victory over chronic homelessness in 2015. The main-stream media loved the story and flooded the airwaves and papers with stories informing everyone that Salt Lake was a stellar example. A story by the Daily Show with John Stewart said, “The homeless know can have a second shot at life, all that they have to is live in Utah.” KSL TV then aired a … [Read more...]

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