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State PIT count shows 18% rise in homelessness; Salt Lake City urges lawmakers to fund shelters
Summary
A Salt Lake City official said Utah’s 2025 point-in-time count found 4,584 people experiencing homelessness — an 18% increase from 2024 — and urged the state legislature to provide capital and operational funding for 1,300 planned shelter beds.
A Salt Lake City official said the Utah Office of Homeless Services’ 2025 annual report, which includes data from January’s point-in-time (PIT) count, found 4,584 people experiencing homelessness on a single night — an 18% increase from 2024 that the official described as an additional 715 people statewide.
The official, speaking at a city press statement, highlighted year-over-year increases among several groups reported in the document: the number of Utah children experiencing homelessness rose 12%; the count for…
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