How Housing Activists Took On Philadelphia and Won
Co-published with The New Republic. In a city with thousands of vacant homes, families are still homeless. Jennifer Bennetch decided to do something about it.
Some Utah Landlords Are Evicting Domestic Violence Victims
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. In too many cases eviction adds to the trauma of abuse victims and families struggling …
Protection Against Hidden Rental Fees Now Written into Utah Law
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. Under the new law, Utah landlords will have to disclose fees that were previously hidden in …
Injectable Medication Shows Promise for Anchorage’s Homeless Alcoholics
Co-published with the Anchorage Daily News and Alaska Public Media. Addiction experts think with wider use, Vivitrol has the potential to reduce the number …
Here Are the Landmines Utah Renters Need To Look Out for in Lease Agreements
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. Know what you’re agreeing to before you sign the dotted line.
How Did You Sleep Last Night? Darin Mann, Salt Lake City.
Co-published with Slate. In January 2019, approximately 2,800 people were experiencing homelessness on any given day in Utah. But that was before the pandemic, in which millions of …
For Years, I’ve Tried To Work My Way Back Into the Middle Class
Co-published with MIT Technology Review. What I’ve learned: self-acceptance is the first difficult step.
Utah Renters Haunted by Past Evictions That Never Made It to Court
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. Landlords deny the existence of a ‘black list,’ but renters have experienced run-ins that make …
Asking People One at a Time: How Did You Sleep Last Night?
Co-published with Slate. Priscilla Purvis is one of tens of millions of Americans who are struggling with financial insecurity and sleeplessness during the pandemic.
Lawmakers Again Asked to Stop Surprise Fees in Rental Agreements
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. Supporters say the fees can make a huge difference in affordability to low-income renters.
Landlord Group Opposes Translating Renter Information for Minority Tenants
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. Communities of color are harder hit by eviction, but a prominent Utah landlord group says Utah is “an …
Critics See Utah Law Firm’s Debt Collection Maneuver as an Abuse of the Court System
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. Regulators haven’t heard of it, but a judge denounced it as questionable, if not ‘unconscionable.’