Renters’ Rights

Renters Rights’ A Fair & Balanced Deal Every community needs to strike a balance between the property rights of landlords and the human rights of their renters. Sadly, Utah law is widely unbalanced in favor of the landlords. I rented Provo apartments for...
Liveable Wages

Liveable Wages

Liveable Wages Keeping up with Inflation! Anyone who works full time should be able to afford a two-bedroom place near their job. That’s not a luxury—that’s the bare minimum necessary to support a family. It’s one bedroom for you and one for your kids. And that bare...
Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing Every Family Needs a Place to Live! One day my kids will grow up and move out on their own. I don’t know if they’ll stay close by or move far away, but if they do want to live nearby, I want to make sure that Provo can offer them a place they can...
Preventing Abortions

Preventing Abortions

Preventing Abortions By Supporting Women In the April 2021 General Conference, Elder Neil L. Andersen taught, “If an unanticipated child is expected, let us reach out with love, encouragement, and, when needed, financial help, strengthening a mother in allowing her...
Utah Lake

Utah Lake

Utah Lake Conserving our Lake for the Future Utah Lake is the heart of Utah valley. It moderates our weather and provides us with both water and recreation. We haven’t always been good stewards of Utah Lake, but in recent years we’ve made a lot of progress...
Water Conservation

Water Conservation

WATER CONSERVATION Keeping up with Growing Demand “Can I have a drink of water?” That is one toddler question I’m almost always delighted to answer with a big “Yes!” And I hope I always can. But 2021’s drought has proven that our state—the second-driest in the...