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'Your City Could Be Better': What DC Needs To Know About Utah's Controversial 'Homeless Campus' Plan
Arts & Culture
- When:
- March 8, 2026 · 7:00 AM
- Where:
- City Cast DC
- Source:
- City Cast DC
Homelessness is one of the major issues that cities like DC are trying to solve. The state of Utah is planning to build a 16-acre homeless campus on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, where unhoused people with mental illnesses or addiction issues could be sheltered and in some cases involuntarily committed. This controversial idea is the brainchild of conservative think tanks, and it’s one that’s very much being embraced by the Trump administration and the Utah legislature. City Cast CEO David Pl