Something as simple as Tumeric (a root spice) or also called Curcumin sells for pennies, is readily available, is used in curries and other dishes and cures some of the medial problems people have.

Protests prevented it from ever being turned on. 

She wanted to know what can be done to prevent the house from going through the full foreclosure process.

This would prevent me from dealing with paying any closing costs versus paying two sets of closing cost for a simultaneous (double) closing.

@Aaron Edmondson - be very careful of HETPA(home equity theft prevention act.)

Could this be preventing them from even coming to the house?

If we're talking just about asset protection and assuming you're doing your part, insurance prevents nuisance lawsuits.

What you learn from the mistake and how you can prevent being in a similar circumstance down the road@Brie Schmidt@John Casmon

The following is not a legal opinion (I'm not an attorney) but it is a practical opinion having taken assignment, having assigned contracts, and having purposefully prevented assignments and having heard attorney's opinions on this about 3 or 4 dozen times over the course of my career for real estate contracts in Ohio. 

Usually if the tenant doesn't pay utilities they can't get a new account in the same area and it goes on their credit report preventing them from getting service elsewhere.