Salt Lake City is setting aside millions of dollars for housing programs aimed at building wealth for renters, hoping to bridge the gap between renting and home ownership for city residents. This year's spend outpaced last year's inaugural outlay, and the mayor's...
Salt Lake City Council Member and former congressional candidate Eva Lopez Chavez — recently accused of sexual misconduct and moving outside of her district — will be diminished in her role on the council pending an investigation. In a vote late Tuesday night,...
After alluding to the possibility for years, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is proposing a property tax hike of 12.5% in the hopes of generating $13.5 million toward the city’s budget. The proposed property tax hike would come out to paying an additional $9.87...
In the coming months, Salt Lake City is headed to a vote that could make a number of changes to its single family zoning code, which covers around a third of all city land and 77% of the city’s residentially zoned land. Neighborhoods are gearing up to fight the...
Salt Lake City may create a program to sell land development rights as a way to protect sensitive lands while boosting density for other projects. Though the program is still in the conceptual stages, members of the Salt Lake City Council heard an outline Tuesday to...
Rendering for the Denver Street Apartments. Credit: Axis Architects Housing advocates have long identified zoning regulations like parking minimums, density limits, and lot size requirements as relatively easy, low-hanging fruit for cities and towns interested in...
Salt Lakers living in the Avenues could see changes in the coming years, including more mixed-use projects and a redevelopment of the LDS Hospital site. The Avenues is the latest neighborhood in town to undergo a refresh of its master plan, which would act as a guide...
Developers, take note — timelines for some of Salt Lake City’s land use approvals are changing and extensions are being capped. In a quick vote last week, members of the Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved a measure to modify the city’s land use application...
Utah lawmakers have tinkered with a number of housing policies and programs in recent years, aimed at making the state’s housing more affordable. Despite those efforts, it seems lawmakers on Capitol Hill and their constituents are growing tired with new bills aimed at...
Salt Lake City is considering updating its single-family exclusive zoning to allow for building on smaller lots throughout much of the city. As part of its effort to update its single-family zoning code, Salt Lake City is considering a proposal that would create Small...
It was an important week at Salt Lake City Hall for entitlements and subsidies for USA Climbing’s National Training Center project at 300 South and 500 West in the Rio Grande district. The project’s design team, led by VCBO, was seeking nine exceptions to the zoning...
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Just as its new funding request is being considered by SLC's Community Reinvestment Agency (CRA) Board this week, USA Climbing’s National Training Center project at 300 S and 500 W in the Rio Grande district also reaches the city’s planning commission on Wednesday for...