Utah's Republican-controlled Legislature has on what legislative leaders say is a quest to help build more affordable housing. But with one bill in particular, it's turned into an ugly fight.
, Summit County officials are accusing lawmakers of doing a "favor" for a specific housing developer and usurping local control with surreptitious legislative maneuvering to avoid transparency.
That's not how Snider sees it, so he opted to take action in legislation, and behind-the-scenes fights have since spilled into the public eye. The bill has already won legislative approval from both the House and the Senate, and currently awaits Gov. Spencer Cox's signature or veto. Cox's office said this week he was still reviewing the bill.
Lincoln Station development is an example of a lower income housing project in Summit County on Tuesday. Dakota Pacific's statement did not address Summit County's allegations that legislation was done as a "favor" for the company.to require cities to zone for moderate-income housing while encouraging more dense housing to be permitted near public transit hubs. Lawmakers also tweaked that bill "very late" in the 2022 session "that was tailored for the special purpose of addressing" the Dakota Pacific project, Summit County officials said.
Snider also said SB84 is meant to continue what's been a yearslong effort to "continue to upgrade, adopt and improve these critical housing and transit reinvestment zones." Snider's comment did not address Summit County's accusations of avoiding transparency by substituting HB446 into SB84. He also did not address accusations that he was doing Dakota Pacific a "favor."
"Every single county in the state of Utah, every single city in the state of Utah, and every single resident that values their local legislators having the ability to control what happens within their communities should be deeply concerned about this," Armstrong continued. "Taking land use away from a local authority and saying, 'We know better and you have to live with this,' is dangerous, reckless and dishonest and they shouldn't be doing it.
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