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Low-income residents squeezed by exit from tax credit plan
Apartment complexes opt out of state program that kept rents lower
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Youths fan out at the Lenox Park apartment complex on Wednesday afternoon Nov. 15, 2017 after being dropped off by a Gainesville City school bus. Lower-income families in Gainesville are looking at rent increases as apartment complexes exit a state tax credit program that kept lease costs below market rates. - photo by Scott Rogers
Hundreds of lower-income families in Gainesville are facing significant rent increases as apartment complexes exit a state tax credit program that kept costs below market rates.