Utah Housing Coalition Awards Dinner—Celebrating Leadership, Innovation, and Impact
April 29, 2026 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Join us for the Utah Housing Coalition Awards Dinner—an inspiring evening celebrating leadership, innovation, and impact across Utah’s affordable housing community. This special event brings together housing leaders from across the state for an evening of awards, great food, a silent auction, and statewide housing and homelessness updates as we celebrate excellence and innovation in affordable housing and the people and projects making a difference. Proceeds from the evening will support our goal of raising $70,000 to hire a bilingual staff member and expand statewide tenant and landlord education and outreach, helping ensure all Utahns have a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.

Event Details
📅 April 29, 2026
⏰ 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Salt Lake City Marriott University Park | 480 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
👗 Dress Code: Semi-Formal Attire
🎟️ Tickets include dinner, silent auction access, and the awards program.

🕔 Evening Schedule
5:00 PM – Arrival, parking, check-in, silent auction, light snacks & beverages
6:00 PM – Program Kickoff – Statewide housing & homelessness updates from Steve Waldrip and Tyler Clancy 🏛️
6:40 PM – Awards Ceremony Begins 🏆
9:00 PM – Program Concludes

🚗 Parking: When you park at the Marriott, scan one of the QR codes and use validation code: HOUSE

🏆 2026 Award Winners
John (Jack) Gallivan Legacy Award: Wayne Niederhauser
Person of the Year: Gail Miller
Member of the Year: Community Development Corporation of Utah
Agency of the Year: Housing Authority of Salt Lake City
Service Provider of the Year: Camille Bowen (DHHS)
Housing Leader on the Hill: Representative Melissa Garff Ballard
Housing Stability & Solutions Award: Mountain Mediation Center
Green Project of the Year: EngineHouse Apartments – Park City Municipal Corporation
Rural Project of the Year: Valley West Apartments – B3 Real Estate Holdings, LLC
Urban Project of the Year: SPARK – Brinshore

❤️ We are deeply grateful to our sponsors whose leadership and investment make this event and our ongoing work possible, with special recognition to Habitat for Humanity Salt Lake as our Presenting Sponsor for their outstanding commitment to affordable housing and community impact, and thank you to our other sponsors: Ruff Haven, USU Department of Social Work & Transforming Communities Institute, Mountain Mediation, Housing Connect, First Step House, Salt Lake City Housing Stability Division, Rocky Mountain Community Reinvestment Group, KeyBank, Afforda, and the Rental Housing Association of Utah for their partnership and support.

We hope you will join us for an evening of celebration, connection, and community as we recognize the people and projects working every day to ensure every Utahn has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home. 🏠✨

Utah Housing Coalition Awards Dinner - April 29

Promoting equitable and sustainable communities to ensure all Utahns have a safe and affordable place to call home.