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Pamela Atkinson, a longtime advocate for the homeless, left, embraces Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall during the opening of Magnolia, a new permanent supportive housing building, in Salt Lake City on Thursday, June 24, 2021. The new building, owned by Shelter the Homeless and operated by the Road Home, has 65 units for people who have experienced homelessness.
Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Salt Lake City took another step Thursday to provide housing for the homeless with the grand opening of a new permanent-housing complex.
Magnolia, a 65-unit facility at 165 S. 300 East, will serve single men and women by providing stable housing and services to help address the issues that resulted in their homelessness.
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Roberto, who declined to give a last name, poses for a photo near the Red Iguana off of North Temple in Salt Lake City on Tuesday May 18, 2021. Roberto is formerly homeless and struggled with addiction to heroin starting in approximately 2011 and continuing to 2018. In 2018 he decided to “clean up his life after eight to nine times.” He was prescribed a Sublocade injection that helped him curb his addiction, save up money, enter a relationship and secure a car and apartment. “I have a hard time leaving even though I have a place at home, I have a car,” Roberto said. “I have a hard leaving because I know people out here and I know the struggle. I know when you’re in that addiction it’s hard to get out of it.” Roberto noted that Utah is a good state for resources, but often those struggling with mental illness and addiction aren’t finding support and need more help. “I come out here and try to, just say ‘hi,’ give a little hope to
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A Derry Township man died in his cell in the Washington County jail Thursday afternoon, the Washington County coroner said.
The death of Gregory S. Roddy, 53, of New Derry, is being investigated as a suicide, Coroner Timothy Warco reported. A determination on the cause and manner of death is pending, the a coroner said.
A jail guard found Roddy unresponsive in his cell around 1:30 p.m. He was transported to Washington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency department at 2:30 p.m., the coroner said.