Building affordable housing takes ‘years of planning’ and layers of funding. Here’s why.

It took more than a dozen funding sources to support the creation of a new affordable housing complex in Salt Lake City.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The SPARK apartment complex on North Temple, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The SPARK apartment complex on North Temple, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

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