Why is the homeless population growing so quickly in Utah?
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English - March 27, 2023 22:09 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Personal Journals utah utahissues Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Paul Webster is the new Executive Direction of Solutions Utah, formerly known as the Pioneer Park Coalition.
The main question Paul addresses in this interview is: Why is it that our public housing initiatives under the "Housing First" Banner, are proving to be such dismal failures? Places like the Magnolia Apartments in Salt Lake City, along with Palmer Court as well as all of the new homeless resources centers---which taxpayers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in building and maintaining --are reportedly dismal failures in terms of creating productive residents who can get back into the job market.