If you or someone you know is experiencing or is at risk of experiencing homelessness, call: 801-990-9999.
The City has various policy levers that it can use to help prevent homelessness, to help people experiencing homelessness, and to help people transition out of homelessness. The policy documents below outline some of the City’s ongoing policy efforts.
Housing SLC - A Five-Year Housing Plan
In June 2023, the City Council adopted a new housing plan called Housing SLC that sets goals and strategies for addressing the housing crisis over the next five years. These goals include
- Entitling at least 10,000 new housing units
- At least 2,000 deeply affordable (less than 30% AMI)
- At least 2,000 affordable (31%-80% AMI)
- Increase housing stability in the city
- Increase ownership opportunities for 1,000 low-income residents
These goals are supported by 44 unique action items that include land use policy, funding, programmatic support, and more.
Preventing Displacement - Thriving in Place
Thriving in Place is an anti-displacement strategy that was adopted by the City Council in October 2023. The strategy was developed through a community- and data-driven process over two years. Thriving in Place identifies 22 strategic priorities for the City to work on, with many of those strategies identified as near-term action items. Thriving in Place hopes to mitigate the impacts of investment and growth in our city by helping keep people housed – preventing homelessness – and in their communities.