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Workforce exodus as rents rise in SS 4/14/17

Article highlights a meeting of the Community Assistance Center, a nonprofit aimed at preventing hunger and homelessness, with residents who say they are being priced out of their apartment homes.

As Sandy Springs rents rise, a working-class ‘exodus’ begins

Ayanna Souffrant moved to Sandy Springs 10 years ago for reasons many people do: to live in a safe community with good jobs and schools. Employed at the Perimeter Mall Chick-fil-A to support her two children, she’s one of the service workers who keep Perimeter Center in business.