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Eric S. Peterson
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Lawmakers again asked to stop surprise fees in rental agreements

Sharane Hillyard loved her condo in Midvale when she moved in at the end of 2019. She was wowed by the amenities — a pool, hot tub, table tennis and bocce courts. Lots of diversions.

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Anne Kat Alexander and Alieza Durana
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Federal Moratorium Extended, but Eviction Filings Continue

In September 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order that temporarily halts some evictions as a public health strategy to stop the spread of COVID-19. Because eviction and the threat of eviction lead to …

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Eric S. Peterson
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Critics see law firm’s debt collection maneuver as an abuse of the court system

In 2020 the Law Offices of Kirk Cullimore filed 45% of all eviction lawsuits in Utah but firm partner and state Sen. Kirk Cullimore Jr. said that he personally stepped back from that work midyear.

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Eric S. Peterson
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Utah Lawmaker’s Firm Squeezes Thousands From Renters Months After Evictions

Nichole Anderson, an Ogden librarian, was navigating a divorce and raising two small children in the summer of 2019.

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Emily Lemmerman, Renee Louis, Joe Fish, …
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Preliminary Analysis: Who is being filed against during the pandemic?

In this brief, we analyze whether this deepening of racial and gender inequalities holds true of eviction risk as well.

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Peter Hepburn, Renee Louis, and Matthew …
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Racial and Gender Disparities among Evicted Americans

Are Black and Latinx renters evicted at higher rates than their white counterparts? Are women renters evicted at higher rates than men? Is this true for all racial and ethnic groups? Answering these questions is central to addressing the …

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Joe Fish, Emily Lemmerman, Renee Louis, …
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Eviction Moratoria have Prevented Over a Million Eviction Filings in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic

America faced a rental housing crisis long before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a typical, non-pandemic year, landlords would file 3.7 million eviction cases across the United States. As a result of eviction moratoria, court …

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