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Utah's approach to homelessness shifts from Housing Fist to Lock 'Em Up.
Things are not going well for the vulnerable among us, and the unhoused population is the main target.
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.
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