David and Ashley Spatafore: Utah faces an affordable housing crisis

Nearly 12,000 Utah high school and elementary school students lack fixed and adequate housing. Those in the Midvale family homeless resource center or placed in area motels are easy to count and be seen. Thousands of others are unseen by anyone but their parents or family.These children, classified as Mckinney-Vento children (after federal legislation was passed a number of years ago), with their families are couch surfing, doubled up in units or living in cars. All of them are living in challen