CHICAGO (WLS) -- Monday night's workshop was one of three being put on by the Cook County Assessor's Office this week in some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by property tax increases .

But even with some one-on-one guidance, for many, this year's bill is simply unaffordable.

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"I've made no changes in my place. And yet, I'm caught with a 400% increase," said West Garfield Park resident Michael Strode.

Holding onto their second installment property tax bills, dozens of people packed the basement of West Garfield Park's New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church on Monday evening, looking for answers and anything that might explain their skyrocketing bills.

"They gave me a bill for $2,500," said Selestine Washington, another West

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