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Orem council candidate says single-family home demand justifies limits on high-density development

Stand for Orem (podcast/interview) · October 26, 2025
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Crystal Muellstein, a candidate for Orem City Council, said residents prefer single-family housing and urged resisting state-driven transit-linked density. She criticized recent high-density projects and RDC/CDA deals she said favor large developers over taxpayers.

Crystal Muellstein, a candidate for Orem City Council, said Orem residents want single-family homes and urged the city to limit new high-density development. “Homeownership is the American dream,” Muellstein said, adding that families “want them to have a place to call home.”

Muellstein pointed to visible vacancies at some apartment complexes as evidence that demand is stronger for single-family homes.…

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