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19 10, 2021

Zoning Changes: A Counterweight to Housing Price Increases

By |2021-10-14T12:58:50-07:00October 19th, 2021|Blog, Policy|0 Comments

There is no one singular solution to Utah’s Housing Crisis. Rather, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has identified five “best practices” for meeting the housing affordability challenge in Utah. This article will describe how zoning changes are not only essential for keeping up with market prices but necessary to counterbalance rising housing prices. Until [...]

16 09, 2021

How Land Use Regulations Determine the Effectiveness of All Other Practices

By |2021-09-16T09:53:47-07:00September 16th, 2021|Blog, Policy|0 Comments

There is no one singular solution to Utah’s Housing Crisis. Rather, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has identified five “best practices” for meeting the housing affordability challenge in Utah. This article will describe how zoning changes are a necessary part of all other best practices, as they control what types of housing are built [...]

14 07, 2021

C.W. Urban to Construct Affordable Housing in Park City

By |2021-07-14T14:51:26-07:00July 14th, 2021|Member News|0 Comments

(PARK CITY, UT – July 14, 2021) C.W. Urban, an innovative Utah real estate developer, announces a new affordable housing project called The Village, located in Silver Creek, a master planned development in Park City. The project consists of 38 condominiums including a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom dwellings. Of that number, 24 of the units [...]

12 03, 2020

Legislature Approves Affordable Housing and Education Sustainment

By |2020-03-12T07:18:05-07:00March 12th, 2020|Blog, News & Press, Policy|0 Comments

The Utah Legislature has passed two bills that support two of the Salt Lake Chamber’s most important priorities — SB 39, Affordable Housing Amendments, sponsored by Senator Jake Anderegg, and HB 357, Public Education Funding Stabilization, sponsored by Representative Robert Spendlove. Both measures are considered necessary by the Chamber to ensure continued economic growth for [...]

19 12, 2018

Building Utah: Solutions to Utah’s Looming Housing Crisis

By |2018-12-20T12:10:35-07:00December 19th, 2018|Blog, Housing Gap Coalition, Podcast, Policy|0 Comments

For the first time in 40 years, Utah has more families looking for housing than we have housing units. Supply is not keeping up with demand, so much so that we currently have a 54,000 unit shortage. In this episode of Building Utah, we sit down with Clint Betts, executive director of Silicon Slopes and [...]

28 11, 2018

Salt Lake Chamber Statement on Utah Supreme Court’s decision regarding the redevelopment of former Cottonwood Mall

By |2018-11-29T09:23:56-07:00November 28th, 2018|Blog, Policy, Statements|0 Comments

SALT LAKE CITY (November 28, 2018) – Derek Miller, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber, issued the following statement on the Utah Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding the redevelopment of the former Cottonwood Mall: “Utah has the fastest growing population and the fastest growing economy.  This is great for our state, but even [...]

3 08, 2018

UBR: July 30-August 3

By |2018-07-25T11:50:35-07:00August 3rd, 2018|Blog, Policy|0 Comments

July 30, 2018 The Salt Lake Chamber is celebrating 131 years of doing business in Utah. Join us at our Annual Meeting on September 4, as we pay tribute to those who commit their abilities and time to help further the Chamber's mission and bolster the business community. This year we will recognize: Goldman Sachs [...]

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