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Utah Says Housing Costs Too Much. Salt Lake City Just Approved Higher Fees to Build It.

Utah residents say housing costs are damaging their quality of life. Salt Lake City is preparing to raise a cost attached to building homes.

Utah Says Housing Costs Too Much. Salt Lake City Just Approved Higher Fees to Build It.

Utah residents say housing costs are damaging their quality of life. Salt Lake City is preparing to raise a cost attached to building homes. Both developments are real. Together, they expose a difficult question for the housing industry: who should pay for the infrastructure that makes additional housing possible? The Utah Foundation’s October report put its Community Quality of Life Index at 63 out of 100, the lowest reading since the survey began in 2011. Housing affordability and living costs…

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