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In Georgia, Sean Hannity is just another landlord hiking the rent

LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. - Fox News host Sean Hannity is one of the most recognizable media figures in America. He has the ear of President Donald Trump. His show is one of the most popular on cable news.

But you wouldn't know it from talking to the tenants at the Meadows, a modest neighborhood of duplexes in Lithia Springs, about 15 miles west of downtown Atlanta.

"Who?" Keith Jones, a 62-year-old pipe layer, said blankly in an interview this week.

"I don't know who he is," said Sherrice Rouster, a 38-year-old self-employed childcare worker and tax preparer.

Hannity is their landlord, and he's raising their rent - a lot.

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