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Gov. Cox picks Provo lawmaker as new state homeless coordinator
Shortly after announcing Utah’s current top homelessness leader, former Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, will be retiring Dec. 5, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has picked his successor. The governor has appointed another familiar face from the Utah Legislature — Rep. Tyler Clancy, R-Provo — as the state’s next homelessness coordinator, a position that leads the state’s Office of Homeless Services. Clancy, however, won’t start in his new role until March 9, after the 2026 legislative session ends. That means the state won’t have a homeless coordinator during a legislative ...
