Affordable Housing

As part of the Provo Towne Centre redevelopment plans, developers will raze a nearby mobile home park and replace it with townhomes. But Utah law provides only limited protection for tenants.

With lawmakers focused on affordability in 2026, housing policy begins to take shape.

Many units are designed to be affordable, but even new luxury apartments can help clear space in less expensive buildings.

A shift away from permanent supportive housing vouchers would force disabled Utahns out of their homes. One advocate calls it a lose-lose for residents and landlords.

Several Utah cities have taken advantage of a revenue tool that helps them fund housing projects near transit hubs.

It’s not a done deal, but the housing authority hopes to close on the property before the year ends — and ahead of a deadline before losing $1 million in funding.

The latest 40-year projections show growth slowing slightly, but still outpacing national numbers by a factor of three.

La oferta de viviendas ha aumentado y los compradores han disminuido. En tiempos normales, esa combinación haría que los precios de las viviendas bajaran. Pero no en Utah.

Housing supply is up and buyers are down. In a normal environment, that recipe would make home prices drop. But not in Utah.

The proposal would make 18.7 million acres of Utah public lands eligible to be sold, including parcels that overlap with popular trails like Mount Ogden, Grandeur Peak and Mount Timpanogos.

From a waning water supply to traffic congestion, the BUILD Coordinating Council will come together quarterly to lay out recommendations on how to solve Utah’s most pressing problems.

Without clear details on how Congressional Republicans' plan to sell or transfer 460,000 acres of public land will work, skeptics worry it could be a giveaway for developers and mining companies.