The Summit County Housing Authority will consider spending $25,000 on a housing program called One Door Home when it meets Monday, Sept. 21.

The funding request is the main action item on the agenda for the 1 p.m. meeting at the Sheldon Richins Small Auditorium, 1885 W. Ute Blvd. in Park City. Will Seggos and Jason Glidden, executive director of Mountainlands Community Housing Trust, will present the request.

One Door Home has been described in prior Housing Authority agendas as "Utah's Universal Affordable Housing Access Utility." The program first appeared as an update item at the authority's June 15 meeting and returned as a discussion-and-action item July 20. No public staff report detailing what the $25,000 would fund has been released.

The vote comes as both Park City and Summit County face large affordable housing shortfalls. Park City had 829 workforce housing units available as of August, with 172 under construction, leaving a gap of more than 860 units to reach its goal of housing 15 percent of the local workforce by 2032, KPCW reported Sept. 14.

The Summit County Council voted 4-1 on Aug. 5 to adopt a strategic plan that targets 1,500 deed-restricted affordable units over the next decade, with roughly 1,050 aimed at the Snyderville Basin. County staff estimates the existing deficit at 1,621 deed-restricted units, and about 63 percent of the county's workforce commutes from outside Summit County, according to TownLift.

Summit County Councilmember Chris Robinson voiced frustration with the gap between goals and action at the Aug. 5 meeting. "I think we're schizophrenic as a county, where we set goals … but then when we come to do them, we say, 'Well, geez, we don't want any of that,'" Robinson said, as KPCW reported.

The Sept. 21 agenda also includes a presentation from Jessica Kjar, community manager at Wasatch Advocates for Livable Communities, and subcommittee progress reports.

Residents can attend in person or join by Zoom (Meeting ID: 913 1171 4852, Passcode: 265586).