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In late November, Nic McCormack was evicted from Pleasant Springs Apartment Homes in Pleasant Grove, Utah. McCormack was still able to pay rent, but this was not enough Pleasant Springs requires that tenants have an income of at least three times their rent. McCormack was forced to stop working because of a sudden colon cancer diagnosis, drastically reducing his income.
Members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and Utah Valley Mutual Aid gathered on the sidewalk outside of Pleasant Springs on Dec. 12 to protest Nic McCormack’s inhumane eviction and evictions in general. Some Pleasant Springs residents came to share their support. One held a sign and stated that Pleasant Springs had been “evicting people left and right.” Like all renters, these residents have the threat of eviction held over them. At the end of the demonstration, protesters taped signs on the Pleasant Springs leasing office with demands for pandemic relief and the words “not