Gaspar Valencia has lived in his four-bedroom, one-bathroom house on the west side of Salt Lake City for eight years.
Nowadays, it would be pretty impossible to find a house that size at the price he rents it: $500 a month.
“It really is a great price,” Valencia said via translator.
He lives there with his two children and dog. He’s a single father, and he said he likes the neighborhood because of his kids’ schools.
In early February, he received a notice saying he had 30 days to move out. He said the property owner had previously told him there were plans to build townhomes there, and eventually he’d have to leave, but he said he didn’t know when that day would come.
“It’s going to be very difficult to find another place like this where I can find it at the same rent,” he said. “The size of the home and also the ability to be in a place that’s private.”
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