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Funding is ‘the most money that housing has ever received,’ director says
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Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY Amid an ongoing housing crisis as the Beehive State’s population continues to grow, the Utah Legislature set aside $35 million for affordable housing projects this year, drawing gratitude from advocates.
“This is the most money that housing has ever received. Homelessness has received lots of funding in terms of building infrastructure that they need to support homelessness, but we also need to invest in the infrastructure of housing where people can live,” said Tara Rollins, Utah Housing Coalition executive director.
SALT LAKE CITY 146.
That s the number of paper lanterns that lit up the grounds of the City-County Building in Salt Lake City on Monday night, a memorial to the 146 residents of Utah s capitol city that have died from COVID-19. In total, 1,940 Utahns have died from the virus.
The event was one of hundreds taking place across the country as local politicians and community activists look to establish March 1 as a day of mourning for the roughly 500,000 American victims of the pandemic.
From Bangor, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, and hundreds of communities in between, city leaders took Monday to give a speech, issue an official declaration or place memorials.
Lanterns lit up the grounds of the Salt Lake City-County building Monday night as mayor Mayor Erin Mendenhall joined hundreds of U.S. activists and politicians to mark March 1 as a day of mourning for the roughly 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.
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