Justice

Is There a Better Way to Battle Evictions?

Students at BYU’s LawX Lab and the University of Arizona are building software that can help imperiled tenants get automated legal assistance, fast.
A foreclosure in Bullhead City, Arizona, in 2009.Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Hell is receiving an eviction notice in the Beehive State.

Here’s why: Once a tenant finds that black spot waiting for them in Utah, they have just three days to pay up or leave. The notice is just the beginning of how things can go terribly wrong.