One recent study that included interviews with local property managers in Teton County reported implicit and explicit discrimination during the search for tenants and the signing of leases. For example, nearly all rental advertisements are offered in English only, and just 20 percent of market-rate rental managers offer leases available in English and Spanish, making it difficult for Spanish-speaking residents to know exactly what they are signing.17 This is of course just one example, albeit critically important given the scarcity of affordable housing in the area, and evidence of the
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