Steve Waldrip (left), senior adivisor for housing strategy and innovation for the state of Utah; Utah State Sen. Nate Blouin, Utah State Rep. Ray Ward; and moderator Makena Hawley discuss the housing crisis in Utah during a "Barriers to Condo Development in Utah" event held recently in Salt Lake City. Photo courtesy of Mike Christensen.

Condos are disappearing in Utah and experts think that needs to change

Bailey Chism

In 2023, builders in Utah delivered more housing units than in any year in the past four decades — and the majority of them are rental properties.

Condominiums have made up about 20 percent of housing stock for decades. According to the National Association of Home Builders, the share of attached condos jumped to 53 percent in 2005, but then dropped dramatically to 5 percent in 2022.

The Utah chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism organized a recent Please log in to see the rest of this story.