Salt Lake City has plans to invest in affordable housing. That’s a good thing. With The Road Home’s planned closure in July 2019, the city will have 400 fewer shelter beds available. Additionally, the city is expecting 30,000 more people by 2030.
Those people will need somewhere to live. And by somewhere, we mean affordable housing, in safe parts of town, without rodent infestations and within walking distance to transit.
It will require some coordinated planning. The goal, still insufficient to meet the growing need, is 1,000 units of affordable housing. Redevelopment Agency staff, with $22 million available for housing needs, is eager to get started.