Utah Homeless
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Don Voigt AKA “The First Cowboy” Spoke Out Against Mayor Mendenhall in Press Conference
Don Voigt “The First Cowboy” spoke out against Mayor Mendenhall in press conference discussing a new temporary homeless shelter offering an additional 50 units.
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Salt Lake City Plans to Open a Temporary Shelter to Help Combat Growing Homelessness Issue
Mayor Mendenhall announced a temporary shelter with 50 pod units at 300 South and 600 West. It appears to be a stop-gap measure.
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Does A Homeless Industrial Complex Exist in Utah? New Numbers and Data Point to Facts
“The Homeless Industrial Complex” is a term used by some within the system, and lawmakers who criticize the spending with very little scrutiny over return on investment, or even a…
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More than a Dozen Tenants Have Died at the Magnolia Apartments According to Manager and Tenant
Two sources at the Magnolia Apartments, claim they were heralded as being a “safe, housing-first, community.” But the $16.4 million facility with 54 units has become much different than the…
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No Camping Laws Along the Jordan River have Been Difficult to Enforce.
The Jordan River in Utah is home to many homeless people. Although there are signs indicating that it’s illegal.
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Mental Health Crisis Causing Many to Become Homeless
Homelessness is a detrimental problem in Utah, and we’ve had many different guests on the podcast discuss this.
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Saving Utah’s Pantages Theater from Demolition and Corruption
In a recent podcast, Michael Valentine, who fought to save the Pantages Theater, discussed with Richard Markosian, the development deal and the ongoing battle to reclaim the land and restore…
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A Look at Tenement Housing as Opposed to Government Housing
Crossing the Chasm From Homeless to Productive Citizen. How free-markets could succeed where the government has failed.
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Are Salt Lake Homeless Resource Centers a Failure for the Neighborhoods that Welcomed Them?
SLC homeless resource centers caused crime including drug and sex trafficking to increase dramatically in the neighborhoods that accepted them
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The Utah Homeless Conundrum: Salt Lake’s Unsheltered Not Able to Find Shelter while Winter Is Approaching
Driving around Salt Lake on a cold day I witnessed a series of desperate situations of unsheltered communities in peril.
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Why More Homeless Spending Is Resulting in More Homeless People
Most non-profit organizations receive funds from the government thanks to its taxing power. However, despite all this funding they fail to provide safe care to the very ones they are…
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Releasing Murderers in Utah Needs to Stop, Says Danielle Ahn
Danielle Ahn has a strong opinion about the ways in which far too many violent offenders are being released under current Salt Lake County DA Sim Gill’s office. These offenders…
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The $300 Million Utah Homeless Question
$200-$300 million is spent every year on Utah’s homeless services. Is this money reducing homelessness? Utah State Auditor with 36 years of experience says “No”.
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Utah’s Unsolved Mysteries: Can the Public Help Solve Utah’s Cold Cases?
There are now 413 cases, 251 unsolved homicides, 128 missing persons and 41 unidentified person cold cases recorded in Utah.
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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.
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Rampant Crime is Forcing Residents to Leave Ballpark Neighborhood in Salt Lake City
The Ballpark Neighborhood has 9 times the rate of murders than the rest of Salt Lake City; prostitution in the area runs rampant; sex trafficking also goes unpunished, and there…