SLC’s push for more affordable housing runs into a wall of pushback

“I don’t feel this benefits anybody,” one resident complains, “except for real estate developers” as city strives to lower barriers to building more apartments, town homes, cottages and row houses.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Under proposals being vetted at City Hall, many existing Salt Lake City neighborhoods, including this one near Liberty Park, would see new zoning incentives aimed at encouraging more construction of affordable housing.