Area rents surge in the wake of rising property values

Denise Johnson, who just a year ago thought she had found her dream apartment, now faces losing it as her rent rises along with her landlord’s property tax bills.

“I honestly don’t know where I will go,” said Johnson, a former registered nurse and paralegal now disabled from rheumatoid arthritis.

Johnson was happy to find a house divided into apartments that already was handicap accessible in Daytona Beach.