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Amy Case stands in her mobile home park, Jan. 23, in Auburn, Mass., where residents complain they are facing double-digit rent increases that they cannot afford. Their concerns are echoed nationally where a report from Harvard University found 22.4 million households are rent burdened.

Amy Case stands in her mobile home park, Jan. 23, in Auburn, Mass., where residents complain they are facing double-digit rent increases that they cannot afford. Their concerns are echoed nationally where a report from Harvard University found 22.4 million households are rent burdened.

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A record number of Americans can’t afford rent

Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver — to $3,374 from $750 last year.