Petition to cancel off-campus housing contracts at BYU continues despite setbacks

A petition to let BYU students out of their housing contracts has garnered over 16,000 signatures despite efforts to quiet the petitioners.

Following The Universe’s report on a petition to allow students to terminate their contracts, Julie Brooks, a first-year law student and creator of the petition, emailed Provo City Mayor Michelle Kaufusi for help. Mayor Kaufusi responded to the email writing: “Thank you for sharing this with me. I have a meeting with BYU and other stakeholders in the city to discuss this situation . . . We are meeting next week.”

The Universe received a phone call from Nicole Martin, Provo City’s Public Information Officer two days after the email was sent. Martin said the meeting is not happening.

“The mayor is not going to delve into anything that isn’t strictly about city operations,” Martin said, adding that she did not know who sent the email or what it said.

Read more: https://universe.byu.edu/2020/04/09/petition-to-cancel-housing-contracts-continues-despite-setbacks/