Utah Rep. Tyler Clancy Named Homeless Coordinator

Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Rep. Tyler Clancy, a 28-year-old Provo Republican lawmaker and police detective, as Utah’s next state homeless coordinator, with the post effective March 9, 2026; Wayne Niederhauser will retire Dec. 5 and Assistant Coordinator Nick Coleman will serve in the interim. Clancy — a former executive director of the Pioneer Park Coalition and one of the state’s youngest legislators — will remain in the Legislature through the 2026 session and will leave the Provo Police Department when he assumes the coordinator role. He will oversee plans including a new 1,300-bed homeless services campus on Salt Lake City’s west/northwest side. Clancy has sponsored enforcement-focused measures, including shelter safety rules in HB329, and has supported a zero-tolerance stance on drug possession in encampments. Supporters say his mix of policing and policy experience will improve coordination and outcomes, while critics have raised concerns about the campus’s location and proposals for involuntary treatment as part of a broader enforcement-versus-services debate.