No one should ‘spend their golden years in a shelter’ — How Utah can stop the alarming spike of homeless seniors
Since at least 2017, the number of older Utahns experiencing homelessness has been on the rise.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Petie Hale brings food to a bunny she cares for at Wasatch Community Gardens' Green Phoenix Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Hale, now 65, became part of a growing number of older Utahns experiencing homelessness.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.