44 North Apartments (Housing Connect)
67 deeply affordable one- and two-bedroom apartments for households at 25%-35% of area median income. The Council authorized the county housing authority to operate in the city on March 26, 2024, including ongoing rental assistance. The $20 million project, a partnership of Housing Connect and First Step House, broke ground in June 2025 and was reported on track to finish by August 2026. The units are for people with disabilities or experiencing homelessness or chronic homelessness. No opening has been reported yet.
Approved
- Type
- Site plan
- Location
- 44 and 48 North 1000 West
- Homes
- 67
- Applicant
- Housing Connect with First Step House
- Schedule
- Construction began March 2025; completion targeted by August 2026
- City Council: Housing Connect authority for 44 North Apartments
- City Council: Housing Connect authority for 44 North Apartments (44 and 48 North 1000 West)
- City Council: Consent: set March 5 hearings and Racial Equity in Policing Commission appointments
- City Council work session: Resolution authorizing Salt Lake County Housing Authority to operate in the city…
In brief
44 North Apartments (Housing Connect) appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of February 6, 2024 to the City Council meeting of March 26, 2024.
On record, it was approved 2 times and continued once.
The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of March 26, 2024.
Follow the money and project delivery
44 North Apartments (Housing Connect)
- Council action
Approved according to the dated project source. Record → · March 26, 2024
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
March 26, 2024 · City Council
Housing Connect authority for 44 North Apartments
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Resolution 10 of 2024, authorizing the Salt Lake County Housing Authority (Housing Connect) to operate in the city for the 67-unit 44 North Apartments at 44 and 48 North 1000 West, including ongoing rental assistance. Housing Connect's chief executive and a First Step House representative thanked the Council.
- Units: 67; rents affordable at 25%-35% of area median income
March 5, 2024 · City Council
Housing Connect authority for 44 North Apartments (44 and 48 North 1000 West)
Continued · 5-0
The Council held a hearing on a resolution declaring a need for the Salt Lake County Housing Authority, doing business as Housing Connect, to operate in the city so it can build 67 one- and two-bedroom apartments with nonprofit First Step House. Rents would be affordable to households earning 25% to 35% of area median income. Two speakers supported the proposal. The Council referred the item to a future date for action.
- Units: 67
- Rents affordable at 25%-35% of area median income
- Partners: Housing Connect and First Step House
February 20, 2024 · City Council
Consent: set March 5 hearings and Racial Equity in Policing Commission appointments
Approved · 7-0
On consent, the council set March 5, 2024 hearings on the daycare zoning text amendment, the Woodland Commons rezone at 2445 South 500 East, the Yalecrest-Laird Heights historic district, the Simondi Avenue and 300 North rezone, the zoning terms and definitions amendment, the 44 North Apartments housing authority resolution and the FY2024-25 federal grant funding plan (CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA). It also appointed Alex Vandiver, Detria Taylor, Chloe Raymundo, Diya Oommen, Heather Stringfellow, Jason Hinojosa and Rodrigo Fernandez-Esquivias to the Racial Equity in Policing Commission for terms ending Dec. 28, 2026.
February 6, 2024 · City Council work session
Resolution authorizing Salt Lake County Housing Authority to operate in the city for 44 North Apartments
Discussed
Staff briefed a resolution declaring a need for the housing authority (Housing Connect) to exercise powers in the city so it can develop, with nonprofit First Step House, 67 one- and two-bedroom apartments at 44 and 48 North 1000 West for tenants earning 25-35% of area median income. Completion is projected for 2026. A hearing was planned for March 5.
- Applicants: Housing Connect with First Step House
- Units: 67
- Rents affordable to 25-35% of area median income