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Utah homes are getting bigger and more expensive. How can design break the cycle?
As Utah’s leaders continue to grapple with the complex question of how to lower the state’s skyward housing costs, a panel on Thursday focused on one piece of the puzzle: design. As the price tag for homes have trended upward, so has their footprint in both square footage and lot size, according to data from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, which hosted the panel discussion at the Thomas S. Monson Center in Salt Lake City. Strikingly, the average home size in Utah has typically ranged around 3,000 square feet in recent years — and in the past 10 years ...
