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Mayor pledges more work on zoning as new apartments send SLC rents downward.
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Hit: Let Them Build SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall delivered her annual State of the City address. And while the suburban media was giddy over Mendenhall’s abandonment of the Green Loop—which would have brought safe streets and eventually park spaces to Downtown—Building Salt Lake made a point to scrutinize the mayor’s comments on housing and the emerging data on affordability.
In short: loosening the zoning codes and allowing the construction of new, higher-density housing is working, with rents at older buildings dropping by as much as 5%.
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