SALT LAKE CITY — Officials are working on a State Homeless Campus to help unsheltered people get back on their feet, they announced on Wednesday.

The proposed facility would create a nearly 16-acre “comprehensive hub,” aimed at housing about 1,300 people experiencing homelessness.

The Utah Office of Homeless Services said the campus would have beds and wraparound services, with medical, mental health, recovery and job support.

The property is located at 2520 N 2200 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84116. The state is still in a contractual agreement and has not yet formally purchased the land.

But people who live in that area said they didn't even know this was coming till they saw news reports about it this afternoon.

"Around 2 o'clock, my cousin sends me a news article that comes out with all

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