Salt Lake City's city council voted in favor of a project to build a small community of tiny homes for people experiencing chronic homelessness!

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Working with the neighborhood to assuage concernsInitially, the village faced significant opposition.Puy said his constituents liked the concept of the village and agreed the city needs to do something about homelessness, but were concerned it could be yet another burden on the west side.The median rental price in Salt Lake City is $1,800, which is up $205 from last November, according to Zillow.The organization also hired a third party company to knock doors in the neighborhood and poll people, revealing that about 60% of community members were in favor of the project, according to Grenny."They've experienced some pretty overwhelming support, and they walked away from the city council meetings close to tears because of the number of people who went to bat for people who are unsheltered," Grenny said."

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