In what one official called “an extraordinary day,” Salt Lake City saw two new affordable housing projects break ground Friday, one for the elderly and another for those escaping homelessness.
The two projects, at Centro Civico Mexicano and First Step House, will include a total of 136 new dwellings — with all of those units kept accessible for residents earning below-average incomes.
“Today is such a landmark in dreams coming true for people who desperately need affordable housing,” Mayor Jackie Biskupski said of the two developments. “If we bring everybody together — the bankers, the builders, the state, the county, the city — what people thought was impossible was truly possible.