Category Archives: Specialization
Planning in the News: With houses out of reach, condos could fill a need — but they’re expensive, too
Financing, risk and insurance costs are a few reasons developers say condos don’t pencil.
Planning In The News: Will Utah home prices drop as a result of the ‘silver tsunami’?
From a housing perspective, economist and demographer Dejan Eskic—a senior research fellow specializing in housing at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute—says the destiny of the housing market throughout the 2020s has been driven by the arrival of millennials.
Salt Lake City bulks up its enforcement on short-term rentals
If you rent out your property short-term using a platform like Airbnb or Vrbo within Salt Lake City boundaries, it just got harder to avoid getting shut down by the city.
Passenger rail to Moab hasn’t left the station
Want to take a train between Moab and Salt Lake City? The idea remains in limbo.
“No organized train of thought” when it comes to Utah water planning
One lawmaker pushed for the adoption of a state water plan to pool money and brainpower. That proposal has already been watered down.
Group advocates for better transit options in rural Utah
A coalition of Utah stakeholders is launching the “Campaign for Public Transit in the 435,” which will aim to bring better forms of transit to those who live in rural areas and engage legislators in the process.
Smaller households to dominate Utah’s future. Can walkable neighborhoods accommodate them?
Utah’s changing population may mean changes in the type of housing.
Can public lands fix the West’s affordable housing crisis?
Programs to transfer certain public lands already exist but Sen. Mike Lee wants to make it easier for local jurisdictions to build new housing developments on them.
Opinion: There is a simple answer to improve the housing crisis.
Envision Utah recently released a comprehensive report on housing affordability in Utah with 13 recommendations for zoning changes that will help put more housing within reach of more households
It takes a village: Utah’s collaborative approach to housing
Our housing strategy in Utah transcends mere construction.
SLC clears new rules for housing infill, row houses, cottages and other smaller homes
Council chair Darin Mano said “mountains were moved” to get the ordinance passed this year.
A 30-Year Trap: The Problem With America’s Weird Mortgages
Check out this NYT article, One big reason the U.S. housing market is broken: Owners don’t want to give up their cushy old loans.
