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Utah’s Housing Crisis: Why are “starter homes” now $525,000+ — up 50% since 2020? The data is clear: • Mass immigration is driving prices up. – Utah’s undocumented population has jumped 47%. – Immigration now accounts for 10–15% of Utah’s price growth — that’s $50k–$75k added to the median home. • Investors are swallowing the market. – In 2024, investors bought 18% of all Utah homes. – They now own 25–30% of the Salt Lake housing stock. • City permitting is slow, cumbersome, and hostile to new construction. Young Utahns don’t stand a chance at buying a starter home. We cannot fix Utah’s housing crisis while ignoring the enormous cost of unchecked illegal immigration, and we cannot keep strangling supply with endless city delays. For starters: - Remove illegal immigrants from the demand side. - Streamline city approvals for the supply side. Put Utah families first!
























