Top state official wants to force some Utahns into treatment at new homeless campus

Some lawmakers and advocates worry about costs.

A rendering shows buildings and a parking lot surrounded by trees and green fields just off of a road.

(Utah Office of Homeless Services) A conceptual rendering shows what the planned homeless campus could look like in Salt Lake City. Utah Homeless Services Board Chair Randy Shumway wants to add involuntary treatment beds to the site.

Top state official wants to force some Utahns into treatment at new homeless campus

Some lawmakers and advocates worry about costs.

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