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Back in 2021, when Utah’s housing prices shot up amid the COVID-19 pandemic homebuying frenzy, Juanita Huertero, 56, said her landlord decided to cash in and sell her home, so “she just kicked us out.” Just like that, Huertero and her adult son — whose medical issues prevent him from working — had to find a new place to live. She said she ended up homeless for the next six months, temporarily bunking with her daughter in Tooele. Also having been a domestic violence victim, she said she turned to South Valley Services for assistance, which eventually helped her obtain an ...