SALT LAKE CITY — It’s almost dinner time and the smell of creole seasoning fills the kitchen of Grace Cunningham and Jamal Cureau’s rental home.
“Some people in Utah call it Bratwurst, but where I’m from in the deep south of Louisiana we call it fresh sausage,” Cureau says as he stirs the dish.
He moved to Utah from Baton Rouge, La., four years ago and was shocked by the high cost of housing. He’d vowed not to pay more than $1,200 in rent, but “I couldn’t find a place under $1,200,” he says. “So here I am $1,750 a month later.” And the couple is grateful for that good deal, renting from a family friend…