SALT LAKE CITY (May 12, 2026) — Governor Spencer Cox and state officials today announced results from Utah’s 2026 annual Point-in-Time Count (PIT), showing a decline in the overall number of Utahns ...

The number of people experiencing homelessness dipped slightly over the past year, according to the state's latest ...

The state’s proposal for a 1,300-bed Salt Lake City shelter reflects a national movement to reverse longstanding housing and mental health treatment policies.

Two major themes are taking shape as Utah state leaders discuss changes they’d like to see in Utah’s homeless and criminal justice systems during the upcoming 2025 Utah Legislature: More law ...

Utah's 2026 annual Point-in-Time Count (PIT) revealed a 1.6% decrease in the overall number of Utahns experiencing ...

In 2015, Lloyd Pendleton, then the director of Utah’s Homeless Task Force, delivered a powerful TED Talk about the state’s pioneering use of the “Housing First” model in getting people off the streets ...

Are changes to Utah's homeless services system having an effect? State leaders say yes.

SALT LAKE CITY — Homelessness in Utah increased year-to-year by a startling 18 percent, new data showed on Wednesday, with the numbers spurred on by a rise among children and people over 64. In the ...

A former Utah Senate president who most recently spent more than four years as one of the top leaders of the state’s homelessness system is expected to step down by the end of the year. The governor’s ...

California is introducing new license plates that help fund a pension program for retired boxers and MMA fighters. The Take ...

A controversial plan in Utah to build a remote “homeless campus” is being hailed in some quarters as a bold new approach to ...