Struggling Renters Need More Federal Aid
Co-published with The American Prospect. The Biden-Harris administration did not expand Section 8 vouchers in its recent infrastructure proposals, which could leave millions of renters behind.
The Longest 80 Miles: How Nursing Home Evictions Tear Families Apart
Co-published with The American Prospect and reprinted in Autostraddle. In upstate New York, a nursing home eviction due to a debt has indefinitely separated …
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 …
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.
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 …
Utah Lawmaker’s Firm Squeezes Thousands From Renters Months After Evictions
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. The practice appears to violate a new law setting deadlines for such damage claims.
Landlords Evict Hundreds of Utah Renters Each Month Despite Federal Ban
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. Landlords use loopholes, lack of enforcement to ignore eviction bans. Legal help …
Tenants Facing Eviction Over COVID-19 Look to a 1970s Solution
Co-published with Retro Report and The New York Times. With mass evictions on the horizon, a counterintuitive proposal to help renters buy …