For Cathy Zall, executive director of the New London Homeless Hospitality Center, the growing affordable housing crisis is at its highest level a "mismatch between income and rent." And the families at the heart of this issue agree.

"We can't afford today's rents, we're not going to be able to afford tomorrow's either," said Mary Mace who shares a trailer with her partner and adult children in North Stonington. She estimates she has moved 24 times in her life.

See more from our series on affordable housing in New London County at The Day.