Letter: Staggs has a flawed view of affordable housing, population growth and government accountability
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mayor Trent Staggs of Riverton, left, speaks to the Salt Lake County City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.
| Feb. 6, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
So, according to Trent Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, there are 50,000 homeless family units in Utah: not 50,000 individuals, but 50,000 homeless families. Nonsense. Of course he sees the solution to the problem, which may or may not exist, as build, build and build some more.
Staggs is also president of Prosperity Utah, which “aims to increase and manage that [population] growth” (https://prosperityutah.org/our-team/). Aims to increase population growth! Why not invest in better education so we don’t need to draw more and more qualified workers from out-of-state and build and build more housing?