Public Policy

The Gardner Institute provides data-driven, context-specific insights about public policy in Utah. We prepare in-depth quantitative and qualitative studies on key Utah issues in partnership with private-sector stakeholders and state and local government. Our research provides vital information decision-makers and the public use to help Utah prosper.

811, 2016

Salt Lake City’s Rental Market: Past, Present, and Future

November 8th, 2016|

The development of rental housing in downtown Salt Lake City has always been prone to periods of intense activity followed by years of inactivity. A look back at apartment development in this area shows that prior to the early 20th century, housing in downtown was limited to detached single-family units. Tenement and row housing, common features in some downtown markets, were never part of the housing patterns of Salt Lake City.

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