New Hampshire Emergency Rental Assistance program

New landlord doubles single mom’s rent; whopping $1,500 monthly increase

New landlord doubles single mom’s rent; whopping $1,500 monthly increase

Jennifer Azibert and her two children are scrambling to find an apartment after her rent was more than doubled from $1,475 to $3,000 a month for her Chestnut Street apartment.

“This should be illegal. It’s not right,” she said. “This is so nuts. This is a hundred percent increase.”

Hotel rooms are the new normal for hundreds of evicted families; hundreds more on waiting list

Hotel rooms are the new normal for hundreds of evicted families; hundreds more on waiting list

On a hot and humid August afternoon, Rachel Jones and her husband Glen are sitting on a bed in their air-conditioned room at the Comfort Inn. It has been home for them and their 11-year-old granddaughter for nearly two months, ever since their new landlord hiked their rent and then evicted them for renovations.