Quoted: Affordable housing for refugees in Utah

A Burundian mother and her two daughters take in the view of Salt Lake City, their new home, from atop the city's main public library.

Photo: Jonathan Codell/The IRC

"It’s not only the right thing to do, it’s lifesaving and life-rebuilding.”

- Patrick Poulin, executive director of the IRC's Salt Lake City US Programs office, on construction of affordable housing for refugees, the homeless and low-income Utahans in Salt Lake City. The project fulfills a long-held community goal of providing more living space for newcomers.

Read the story in The Salt Lake Tribune.