Miss: Housing Demands

If you're asking whatever happened to Housing First, check with the Legislature. Things are not going well for the vulnerable among us, and the unhoused population is the main target. The last 10 years have seen chronic homelessness quadruple in Utah, according to figures from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. So Housing First, championed in 2015, is among the first to go. Instead, there's a get-tough focus that might even get tougher for people with drug problems. That's part of a plan from Homeless Services Board Chair Randy Shumway, who's on board with President Trump's behavioral health mandate. He wants the courts to order the addicted into mental health treatment. Most telling is a reader comment in the Deseret News who noted that many lawmak

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