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Commentary: Salt Lake County’s looming crisis in unsheltered homelessness

The two biggest causes of increasing homelessness in Salt Lake County are population growth and rising rents.

(Francisco Kjolseth  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  Homeless people gather outside the Road Home Shelter along 500 W. in Salt Lake on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homeless people gather outside the Road Home Shelter along 500 W. in Salt Lake on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.