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Rising rents: Syracuse woman struggles as landlord proposes $1000 increase
by Mary Kielar
Shanah Williams says she's worried about how she'll pay her other bills as her landlord looks to raise her rent from $900 to $1,900 (CNY Central photo).
Syracuse, N.Y. —

Syracuse resident Shanah Williams is part of a growing number of people searching for other places to live that she can afford.

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Back in May, her landlord sent her a letter, saying he was raising rent by $1000 dollars in July. We asked Williams what she thought when she first read the letter. She said she was "basically thinking that I'm going to be homeless."

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