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‘We must build’: Gov. Cox shares with lawmakers how Utah can tackle the housing crisis

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wants to add 35,000 starter houses within five years .

Lawmakers have proposed bills that would tweak land use rules and improve existing programs to make it easier for people to buy a home.

The median listing price for a home in Utah was $ 589,990 , the seventh highest in the nation.

Governor Cox acknowledges that Utah ’s growth has come with challenges.

“Some might even argue that we’ve blossomed a little too much,” he said.

Cox: “For 180 years and counting, Utahns have been building our way out of problems, even when things looked impossible.

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