Tribune editorial: The rent is too damn high

Construction at the former Granite Furniture in Sugar House continues at a quick pace as the new Sugarmont Apartments takes shape on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. New Census data shows that Salt Lake City has surpassed 200,000 residents, and again is the state’s fastest-growing city by numbers. It added 5,891 residents between July 1, 2016 and July 1, 2017. Photo by Francisco Kjolseth / Salt Lake City Tribune

 

Salt Lake City Tribune

The concern that there might not be enough affordable housing for the millions of people who are being born in, and moving to, Utah generally and the Wasatch Front communities in particular is no longer limited to those directly affected, to activists for the poor or to local governments.

It has become a stumbling block for businesses, their associations and leaders who, having read the local academic research on the issue, are calling for action.

It’s time.

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