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Show LWV to sponsor information meet Jean Kelly, league housing study chairperson, has arranged this panel as part of a nationwide league study entitled "Wanted: A Home? Still the American Dream?" "This is a panel of real experts and the public has a rare opportunity opportuni-ty to become informed and to consider con-sider solutions. Many of us worry about how our children will be able to afford housing under the best circumstances, cir-cumstances, Kelly said. "The problem is compounded when young people have family responsibilities and unemployment, illness and divorce enter the picture. We know that many of the homeless in our area are now families and single women. This study will be a look at the economics as well as the social implications of affordable housing," hous-ing," she added. The League of Women Voters will sponsor a public information meeting on housing Tuesday, March Mar-ch 26, at 7 p.m. at Servus Drug in Bountiful. A panel of experts will present information. Cheryl Okubo, of Lane Realty and chairperson of the Bountiful Boun-tiful Planning Commission, will talk about affordable housing. Steve Eric ks on, the housing expert for Utah issues and the Utah Housing Coalition, will discuss fair housing legislation and landlord tenant problems. prob-lems. Pat Poulin, director of the Salt Lake City homeless shelters. Emergency Travel Fund, Transitional Transi-tional Housing Program and Employment Resource Center, will also discuss available resources for housing problems. |