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Trying to stem the skyrocketing price of Utah housing is goal of new Salt Lake Chamber coalition

Related Topics: Utah, Price, House, Coalition, Goal, Larry H. Miller

Utah Jazz executive Steve Starks doesn’t want his daughters to grow up and find they can’t afford a decent place to live around here because housing prices are steadily escalating faster than incomes.

So Starks is serving as chairman of a Salt Lake Chamber initiative, dubbed the Housing Gap Coalition, whose intent is to work with local governments to lower regulatory fees and to revise zoning policies to encourage more high-density housing amid single-family homes, small apartments and retail spaces.

“We want to keep the ‘American Dream’ alive for future generations,” said Starks, president of Larry H.