The quality of life in the Beehive State has decreased over the past five years, according to a survey from the Utah Foundation that shows the lack of affordable housing as the top concern.
“While people individually may feel pretty good about things, they’re seeing that their community quality of life maybe isn’t as good as it was five years ago,” said Shawn Teigen, the research director for the Utah Foundation.
For 2018, the Utah Foundation Community Quality of Life Index dropped to 70 out of 100 points — down from 73 in 2013.
“It may not seem like a lot but that is a statistically significant decrease,” Teigen said. “We can pretty comfortably say that quality of life has decreased over that period of time.”