Landlord group opposes translating renter information for minority tenants
Communities of color are harder hit by eviction, but Utah Apartment Association director says Utah is “an English-only state.”
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Joél Arvizo-Zavala, Ph.D., is a researcher with the Division of Multicultural Affairs for Utah and a leader in community-engagement and social justice, Feb. 5, 2021.
By Eric S. Peterson Cathy McKitrick, Ria Agarwal, Taylor Hartman and McKhelyn Jones
| Feb. 15, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Updated: 2:34 p.m.
This story is part of a continuing series on Utah evictions and the state’s leading landlord law firm. It is supported by a grant from The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.
Landlords evict hundreds of Utah renters each month despite a ban during the pandemic
Landlords use loopholes, lack of enforcement to ignore eviction bans. Legal help for renters is scarce.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kayleigh Allred at her grandparents home in West Jordan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. She and her family were evicted from their town-home in October by the Law Offices of Kirk Cullimore. She said they were locked out and given no opportunity to retrieve belongings.
By Eric S. Peterson, Cathy McKitrick, Taylor Hartman, Ria Agarwal and McKhelyn Jones
| Dec. 12, 2020, 4:03 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 13, 2020, 5:43 p.m.
The following story was supported by a grant from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.