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State unveils "Built Here" housing strategy; aims for 150,000 units, final plan due December 2025
Summary
Laura Hanson of the governor's office described "Built Here," the administration's housing-focused agenda and a separate state housing strategic plan with a target to deliver 150,000 new housing units by the governor's term end; the plan will produce a public dashboard and a final report in December 2025.
Laura Hanson, senior adviser for long-range planning in the Utah governor's office, presented the administration's "Built Here" initiative and the state's housing strategic plan during the Wasatch Front Economic Development District meeting on June 12.
Hanson said "Built Here" is organized around three categories — people, place and prosperity — and includes measurable performance targets the administration will track through a public dashboard. She told the committee the governor has set a target to "deliver to market at least 150,000 new housing units by the end of his term," including 35,000 starter homes and 40,000 units in identified regional centers tied to the Wasatch Choice Vision.
Hanson described the housing strategic plan as action-oriented and collaborative across local governments, private developers, financiers and other stakeholders. She said phase one (drafted beginning September 2024 and circulated in January 2025) produced a draft and an inventory of data and potential tactics; phase two (started April 2025) will refine metrics, respond to a legislative audit, and recommend prioritized tactics.
The plan will provide a progress report to the Legislature's Political Subdivisions Interim Committee in October 2025 and a final plan in December 2025. Hanson said the plan will include tactics that pass four tests: medium to high impact, realistic feasibility, alignment with goals/principles, and a general level of consensus to explore them further.
Hanson and other meeting participants discussed the state's existing "moderate income housing plan" reporting requirement; Andrew Gruber and others noted that many local governments have struggled with its administrative burden. Hanson said the new plan may replace or reshape that requirement but did not offer a final determination.
Examples of tactics under consideration include allowing multifamily housing in more districts, revising building codes to remove barriers, preapproved ADU designs, and targeted infrastructure investments. Hanson encouraged local officials to engage in the plan's working groups and to review the draft materials posted on the governor's website and public dashboard.
