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Salt Lake City has no more affordable neighborhoods, as gentrification turns ‘scary’

New study warns Utah’s capital city has seen its affordable neighborhoods dwindle and is losing diversity, with many residents “cost burdened” by rents and poised to move away.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Oxford Place Apartments on 300 South in Salt Lake City, in the shadow of The Cottonwood apartment complex, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. A new study says gentrification is rampant across the city, with new development and rising rents squeezing out existing residents and cherished businesses and leaving no affordable neighborhoods in terms of housing.