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Habitat for Humanity planned to build 20 homes in Kearns. Six years later, there are four amid complaints of slow, ‘shoddy’ work.

One homeowner moved out, the remaining occupant family is disappointed, and the “entire community is very frustrated” by what the mayor calls a “mess.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lillith Bear, who lives in one of four Habitat for Humanity energy-efficient homes built in Kearns, talks about a number of construction challenges she has faced on Thursday, July 15, 2021. In 2015, Habitat for Humanity of the Salt Lake Valley raised a bunch of money for a project to convert an old baseball field into a community with 20 energy-efficient homes. Now 6.5 years later, four have been built, with the other three remaining vacant. Habitat has spent $1.5 million in grants and donations on the project so far. Community members want to know where all the money went and why things are taking so long.