SALT LAKE CITY Utah s 2021 legislative session marked milestones in investments in affordable housing and sweeping changes to the homeless governance system, all meant to enact measurable improvements in two of the Beehive State s biggest issues.
The Legislature approved $50 million in funding to affordable housing initiatives and homelessness, which advocates described as a record in the state. Leaders with the private philanthropy community announced Wednesday those funds will be multiplied through private donations and investments to $730 million. Good things are taking place, and we re deploying innovative solutions and seeing positive impacts, Utah philanthropist and homeless advocate Gail Miller said.
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Utah legislation would address the âconfusingâ system to help the homeless
The bill would create a new Office of Homeless Services and put a single person in charge of overseeing policy affecting the stateâs unsheltered populations.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) People experiencing homelessness seek shelter under the freeway on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. A Utah House committee voted 7-1 Thursday in support of a bill that seeks to address problems in the stateâs homeless services system. | Updated: 8:00 p.m.
The bill, HB347, would create a new Office of Homeless Services within the Department of Workforce Services and would put a single person in charge of overseeing policy affecting the stateâs unsheltered populations, in accordance with the recommendations of a report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute last fall.