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Utah’s Mega-Campus and the Dangerous Future of Homelessness Policy in America

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Oct 30, 2025
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Utah has just approved a 1,300-bed facility for unhoused people in the Salt Lake Valley. Officials are calling it a step toward stability, a “homeless services campus” with wraparound support. However, a closer look reveals something far more complex and far more troubling.

The facility will include over 300 beds for civil commitment. Not familiar? It is…

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