Will more basement apartments help ease Utah’s housing crisis? Lawmakers think so.

Legislature approves a bill that would force cities to let most residents rent out units inside single-family homes.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Utah House members, seen here Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, approved two bills Thursday aimed at easing the state's affordable housing shortage. One of them is designed to create more basement apartments inside owner-occupied single-family homes.

Will more basement apartments help ease Utah’s housing crisis? Lawmakers think so.

Legislature approves a bill that would force cities to let most residents rent out units inside single-family homes.

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