Rep. Mike Winder (R)

HB 312 (Housing Pilot Program for Low-income Students)

Libertas Institute opposes this bill.

This bill seeks to provide $250,000 per year in taxpayer dollars to a nonprofit organization that provides housing for low-income college students in Salt Lake County. These funds must be matched by private donors or investors. The housing must have no initial cost to the student and may not require the student to go into debt for the housing.

Libertas Institute opposes this bill. College is already heavily subsidized by taxpayers, and that dependency should be reduced, rather than increased as this bill does. It is not the role of government to force taxpayers to provide housing for adults wishing to attend college.