Advocates urge that new SLC sports and entertainment district include lots of affordable housing

Advocates for unsheltered Utahns are urging Salt Lake City to require that deeply affordable homes be included in emerging plans for a new sports and entertainment district downtown.

In an open letter Friday to Mayor Erin Mendenhall and the City Council, the head of Crossroads Urban Center said any zoning changes proposed to allow added density and taller buildings for the new district should also set aside up to 20% of any resulting housing for those at lower incomes.

“Salt Lake City residents will be giving so much to help foster this development,” wrote Glen Bailey, the center’s executive director.

The nonprofit is among Utah’s leading advocates on deeply affordable housing and issues affecting unsheltered residents.

“If all taxpayers, including struggling renters, will be helping to finance the creation of this district,” Bailey wrote, “then it is only fair to demand that some of the housing in it is affordable.”

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Advocates urge that new SLC sports and entertainment district include lots of affordable housing

Advocates urge that new SLC sports and entertainment district include lots of affordable housing

Advocates urge that new SLC sports and entertainment district include lots of affordable housing

Advocates urge that new SLC sports and entertainment district include lots of affordable housing

Advocates urge that new SLC sports and entertainment district include lots of affordable housing