SALT LAKE CITY – More than 4 in 10 Utah caregivers experience financial stress, a survey conducted in April by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute found. Younger people, aged 18-34, are more likely to experience serious financial stress.

Salt Lake City — Utah’s fertility rate continues to decline, and it doesn’t look like there will be a turnaround anytime soon. “For a while, people just thought it was an effect of the Great Recession,” said Emily Harris, who authored the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s latest report on state fertility rates.

Salt Lake City – In 2022, Utah had a rate of nearly 11 people experiencing homelessness per 10,000, a 3.7% increase from 2021 and a 22.5% increase from 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. That’s below the national average of 18, notes a new report from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, but that doesn’t mean Utah’s homelessness problems aren’t sharpening.

Salt Lake City – Utah’s home prices are going up – again. After falling slightly due to spiking mortgage rates, the median housing price in the Beehive state reached $500,000 in April, according to the latest data from the Utah Association of Realtors. Prices are rising even though mortgage rates remain stubbornly high.

Salt Lake City — Utah has made "significant and meaningful progress" in homeless services but still faces an "urgent and growing" crisis in chronic homelessness, according to a report released Wednesday by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.

Salt Lake City — In a Tuesday presentation to the Salt Lake City Council, Smith Entertainment Group executive Mike Maughan said a new arena entrance would open up to a new plaza, and if the proposal to build a sports district moves forward, renovations to the longtime home of the Jazz would begin next April.

Salt Lake City — Leaders of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games believe they can cover the $2.83 billion 2034 Winter Olympics' operating budget without local, state or federal taxpayer dollars and still "break even" at the very least.

SALT LAKE CITY — A map of the youngest and oldest states in the country shows Utah as having the youngest population. The demographic map, created by Newsweek using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, shows that Utah residents have a median age of 32.1 years old, which is younger than the median age of any other state in the union. Although Utah is the youngest state, a recent report by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah found that the state's population age is gradually increasing because of declining fertility rates and the aging of the adult [...]

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's homeownership rate is higher than the rest of the nation. Yes, but: About 74% of white non-Hispanics own and occupy their homes, compared to 27% of Black households and about 54% of Latino households, per a University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute report. Why it matters: Homeownership remains the biggest driver of the wealth gap, per the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Axios' Brianna Crane reports.

SALT LAKE CITY — Almost 1 in 4 Utahns identify as a racial or ethnic minority, with Latinos making up the largest group, according to a recent analysis. Why it matters: As the Beehive State becomes more racially diverse, health, income and education inequities persist among communities of color. By the numbers: From 2010-2020, people of color fueled 52% of the state's growth, according to a report by the University of Utah's Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.