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Provo town hall spotlights renter complaints, eviction speed and limits on city action
Summary
At a District 5 town hall, Councilor Rachel Whipple and residents described landlord practices including withheld security deposits and rapid evictions at converted student rentals; Whipple said state law limits local rent-stabilization options and urged residents to press legislators for changes.
Councilor Rachel Whipple opened a District 5 town hall by taking questions about housing and renter protections, where several residents described rapid turnover at rental complexes and landlord practices they said left tenants with little notice and few remedies.
Whipple described common complaints she has heard from students and other renters: landlords keeping security deposits while later filing suits served to old or vacated addresses, and wage garnishments that arrive months after tenants have moved out. “They never got actual notice of this suit, and they didn’t know about it until their wages were garnished,” a resident said, summarizing a pattern Whipple said she has seen in Family Justice Center cases.
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