
Utah Housing Coalition Awards Dinner
Thank You To Everyone Who Sponsored and Attended The 2026 Annual Utah Housing Coalition Awards Dinner
Celebrating Leadership, Innovation, and Impact!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2026 Utah Housing Coalition Awards Dinner and helped make the evening such a meaningful celebration of Utah’s affordable housing community. We are grateful to our attendees, sponsors, partners, and award recipients for coming together to recognize the people and organizations working to create stronger communities and greater housing opportunity across our state. The 2027 Awards Dinner date and venue, along with details on how to submit award nominations, will be announced in January 2027—we look forward to celebrating with you again!
🏆 2026 Award Winners
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John (Jack) Gallivan Legacy Award: Wayne Niederhauser
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Person of the Year: Gail Miller
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Member of the Year: Community Development Corporation of Utah
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Agency of the Year: Housing Authority of Salt Lake City
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Service Provider of the Year: Camille Bowen (DHHS)
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Housing Leader on the Hill: Representative Melissa Garff Ballard
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Housing Stability & Solutions Award: Mountain Mediation Center
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Green Project of the Year: EngineHouse Apartments – Park City Municipal Corporation and JFisher
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Rural Project of the Year: Valley West Apartments – B3 Real Estate Holdings, LLC
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Urban Project of the Year: SPARK – Brinshore
Thank You 2026 Sponsors
Foundation Sponsor
Habitat for Humanity Salt Lake
Community Sponsors
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Housing Connect
Key Bank
Afforda
First Step House
Salt Lake City Housing Stability Division
Rocky Mountain Community Reinvestment Group
Utah Community Action
Rental Housing Association of Utah
Nonprofit Sponsorship
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Ruff Haven
Mountain Mediation
USU Department of Social Work & Transforming Communities Institute
