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This episode is a recap from my attendance at the Housing Supply Accelerator Workshop that was recently presented by the Southern Utah Land Use Task Force. The target audience was Mayors, city councils, city staff, planning commissioners, county commissioners, and builders & developers, but I think all of us can benefit from knowledge about how our government works and how it could work to serve the public.

If you are interested in learning more about how to help with affordable housing challenges in our county, check out the Housing Action Coalition’s Fall Forum this year. Tickets are free, but we recommend you get one because they have sponsors for food, and we like to have a good headcount.

Click HERE to sign up to attend on October 30 at Black Desert Resort.

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Brad Stucki of Bank of Utah shares some of his experience in the affordable housing space from the development standpoint as well as from his perspective as a board member of Sun Country Homes Solutions. 

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Julie Lindquist shares how the Self Help Homes program works, and then Adell and Josh Kirkman share their experience with using the program and building their affordable home. Several such programs run in the state of Utah, and they have a very big impact on affordable housing. 

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Jeff Madsen came to building from an accounting background, and that thinking informs his attitudes toward making housing more affordable. Check out our conversation on affordable housing topics from casitas to countertops.

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In this interview I talked to Mike Barben, executive director of the St. George Utah Housing Authority. He shares about how he came to be in his current role and some of the specifics about what the organization does to help individuals find deeply affordable housing. They are in a challenging situation with very limited resources, but the housing authority makes a  huge difference for the people it serves. Find out more about what the authority does by listening to our discussion.