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Salt Lake City Wanted 13,100 Lots Open to Backyard Homes. An Owner-Occupancy Rule Could Shrink That to a Few Dozen.

A proposed owner-occupancy rule could sharply reduce participation in Salt Lake City’s backyard housing plan. Public hearings are expected in November.

Salt Lake City Wanted 13,100 Lots Open to Backyard Homes. An Owner-Occupancy Rule Could Shrink That to a Few Dozen.

Photo: Brent Pace / Unsplash. City context; no depicted property is asserted to qualify for the proposed housing incentives. Salt Lake City's plan to add housing in backyards just got a lot smaller. The City Council agreed in a straw poll this week to require property owners who use the plan's new housing incentives to live on-site, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. It was not a final vote. The owner-occupancy rule and a few other changes are expected to…

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