SLC’s approved budget has a surprising addition

The fiscal 2024 spending plan includes the city’s first investment in legal homeless camps, but the details are thin.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man experiencing homelessness pulls his belongings over the railroad tracks near 800 West and South Temple on Thursday, June 8, 2023. Salt Lake City's fiscal 2024 budget includes funding for sanctioned homeless camps.

SLC’s approved budget has a surprising addition

The fiscal 2024 spending plan includes the city’s first investment in legal homeless camps, but the details are thin.

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