Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity expands to include Davis County
Nov 12, 2024, 7:00 AM
Students from the Other Side Academy work on building a expansion for Habitat for Humanity’s office in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Brice Tucker, Deseret News)
(Brice Tucker, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity and Northern Utah Habitat for Humanity have to make way for some new clients.
Approximately 18 months ago, the Habitat for Humanity serving Weber and Davis counties closed, leaving both areas without the affordable housing assistance it offers to ease the growing demand. The Salt Lake Valley Habitat chapter and Northern Utah Habitat for Humanity stepped in, deciding to split the area, absorbing each region into their programming.
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The Habitat offices in northern Utah will work with Weber County residents, while Davis County folks will be assisted in Salt Lake City.
“What we didn’t want to see happen was a big gap in coverage,” said Corin Crowe, Salt Lake chapter CEO. “We’ve expanded our services already, but we are hiring more people. We’re also in the process of doing an office expansion right now … to accommodate a larger staff.”
As it stands, the Salt Lake Habitat chapter assists families in Salt Lake, Tooele and Davis counties, but the new addition does not mean the agency is slowing down in any way. A year from now, it hopes to be building homes in Magna, where Crowe said it has property for approximately 30 homes.
