The Utah Legislature voted last week to funnel $1 million into a fledgling workforce housing nonprofit helmed by Kane Creek developer Craig Weston.
Fledgling workforce housing group has scant public presence, but its leaders say it will change the statewide conversation around growth.
When asked for comment later, he described the organization’s goal as “nothing short of a complete overhaul of housing policy in Utah.” Waldrip said he and Lusty envisioned a group focused on “non-political, nonpartisan advocacy for Utah housing” that combats people’s aversion toward growth. The organization will be led by an executive committee — of which he’s part — as well as a larger board of directors and a policy committee.
For some in the local housing development business, the swiftness and size of the appropriation for a group with almost no public presence appeared “perplexing.” Another workforce-housing nonprofit related to Weston has also received community attention — not for money it will receive, but money it has distributed.
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