12-08-2018 16:21 via sltrib.com

Tribune editorial: Shelter’s rising value shows compassion isn’t killing prosperity

If the Road Home homeless shelter has been dragging down property values in the Rio Grande area, a new tax assessment of the shelter isn’t showing it.Salt Lake County’s new 2018 assessment put the property at $7.7 million, a huge leap from last year’s $3.2 million value.Did the value really go up 140 percent in one year? Probably not, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the new value is wrong. It could be last year’s assessment understated the undeniable fact that dow
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