HOUSING INDICATORS DASHBOARD

Overview

This dashboard provides a public-facing set of metrics to provide insights into key housing market characteristics. Its indicators illustrate important demographic and economic data to drive decisions, understand impact, and help inform solutions to Salt Lake City’s housing crisis. One of the objectives of Growing SLC, Salt Lake City’s 2018 housing plan, was providing residents, community advocates, business leaders, and elected officials with high quality data to drive decision-making, an objective carried over to the current City housing plan, Housing SLC. This dashboard fulfills this need.

For information regarding the City’s investments to support the construction and preservation of affordable housing units please refer to the Affordable Housing Construction and Preservation Dashboard.

For information regarding the work the Division is doing to support the housing stability of residents, community development, and neighborhood improvement please refer to the Housing Stability Dashboard.

For questions regarding the dashboard, contact Erik Fronberg at erik.fronberg@slc.gov or 801-535-7291.

Housing SLC & Growing SLC Background

Salt Lake City’s housing market has been experiencing a boom since the end of the Great Recession. However, even with a large increase in construction, vacancy rates are at an all-time low, driving up housing prices across the city. The growth in population and employment supports a vibrant city in which many want to live and work, but it is increasingly becoming a city out of reach for many of our residents and workers.

The Housing SLC plan, unanimously adopted by the City Council in June 2023 as an update on the Growing SLC housing plan, aims to address the root causes of housing affordability, increase the much-needed housing supply, and expand opportunities for residents throughout the City.

The affordable housing crisis has implications for every Salt Lake City resident and business. Resolving this crisis requires a thorough understanding of the issue and tracking of our progress. Together, we can work to solve these challenges and support solutions to support a city that offers a high quality of life and inclusiveness.