Salt Lake County plans to build 1,000 new homes over the next five years and invest heavily in drug enforcement officers as Utah increasingly focuses on combating homelessness.

The steps Mayor Jenny Wilson outlines in her recently released plan to address homelessness and reform the criminal justice system come as state and local leaders are taking a more aggressive stance against illegal homeless camps.

The 1,000 new housing units would include 300 new group homes and 700 new permanent supportive housing units.

“We have government leaders not only here in Salt Lake County, but (in) our cities (and) the state, committed,” Wilson said Friday afternoon. “And what we really need to do is stop working in isolation. We need to be more intentionally coordinated.”

In addition to the new housing and the hiring of 10 additional Drug Enforcement Agency Task Force agents, Wilson’s plan calls for training law enforcement officers to use a new shelter as an alternative to jail and to respond to mental health crises.

She also wants to build a new 100-bed jail to help inmates transition back into society and establish a new Justice and Accountability Center that would connect people with housing, behavioral health services and community supports.

“The goal is to stabilize each individual,” Wilson said, “and create an environment where they can thrive and find stable housing in the community.”

The plan would cost just over $106 million over the next five years. Some of the funding is expected to come from Medicaid, opioid settlement dollars and grants. Just over $42 million would go to law enforcement and criminal justice reform.

A spokesperson for the mayor said no money has currently been set aside for the plan.

“We are now looking at all options, including internal funds, state funds, federal funds and philanthropic support,” Wilson said.

The mayor stressed that she had worked with the district council on the five-year plan and that tackling homelessness is a non-partisan issue.

“This is a great mix of compassion and accountability,” said Assemblywoman Aimee Winder Newton, who is also a senior adviser to Gov. Spencer Cox. “It’s not compassionate to let people live on the streets. It’s not compassionate to let the cartels attack our people. It’s not compassionate to only have a jail or an ER as a place where people can get mental health care. This is about real solutions.”

Last year, Cox spoke out about illegal homeless camps, saying officials “must stop unauthorized camping in our state and in our capital city” and that his office was working with mayors and officials to do so. Since then, Salt Lake City police have stepped up enforcement of camps.