A dozen “sister wives” might be married to a single man, and they all raise their children by him together. Poverty and homelessness are the result: sister wives and their many children live in RVs and converted shipping containers, or are what the church calls “stacked up” in crowded, cramped homes. “Only three of them are left” in town, she said, as one of her daughters braided her long hair. Compounding these problems, the state had wrested away from the FLDS control of a trust containing many of the members’ homes. 'It's a revolution': polygamist sect loses power over Utah town for first time Read moreBarlow says the answer to the poverty is simple: pay the $2,500 to $3,000 annual property taxes.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2017 09:56 UTC