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Why doesn’t Utah’s second largest county have a homeless shelter?

Advocates disagree about whether there’s a need, but many people familiar with the debate there agree: There isn’t the political will to build one.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Danny Herring, a Provo native who’s living on the streets there, said he would stay at a homeless shelter if there was one in the area — at least “for a while,” rather than constantly search for places to sleep where he won’t be found by police.