From Deseret News archives:

Demand for cheap housing hits record

Approval of projects nearly depletes Utah's main fund

Published: Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007 12:07 a.m. MST
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• $131,840 to Portree Properties LLC for the rehabilitation of the historical Newhouse Apartments in Price and Golden Rule Mission in Helper.

• $691,637 to the Kier Corp. for purchase of an existing, 72-unit rental assistance project, the Countryside Apartments in Ogden.

• $606,850 to the Kier Corp. for purchase of the 68-unit Bramblewood Apartments in Ogden, a rental assistance project.

• $1.5 million to the Road Home homeless shelter to renovate a vacant hotel in Salt Lake City for use as permanent housing for the chronically homeless.

• $925,000 to Western Region Nonprofit Housing Corp. to construct a 48-unit apartment complex in Layton.

• $564,000 to LaPorte Group to renovate Piccardy Apartments in Salt Lake City for rent by people with AIDS and developmental disabilities and the homeless.

• $386,600 to LaPorte Group to renovate Peter Pan Apartments in Salt Lake City. Some of the units will be set aside for the homeless and people with developmental disabilities.

• $750,000 to Community Development Inc. to construct Mount Catherine Gardens, 48 affordable housing apartment units in Richfield.

• $323,312 to Horizon Development for construction of 64 affordable twin-home units in Logan.

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• $1 million to Western Region Nonprofit Housing Corp. to preserve the Woodside Apartments in Price, a rental assistance project.

• $220,000 to Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing to expand River Park Senior housing in Logan.

• $67,500 to the Salt Lake County Housing Authority to purchase the Transitional Living Center from the Utah Food Bank in Salt Lake City.

• $160,000 to the Habitat for Humanity to build four single-family homes in Summit and Wasatch counties.


E-mail: jthalman@desnews.com

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