Since 1995, fully 80,000 low income housing units have been lost in Boston due to the elimination of rent control laws. This has caused a major housing crisis, that the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University has deemed "equivalent to a natural disaster such as a destructive hurricane or flood." Even in the most affordable neighborhoods - East Boston, Hyde Park, and Roslindale - a minimum wage worker would have to work 128 hours a week in order to afford the average two-bedroom apartment. As a result, Homelessness in Massachusetts has doubled in recent years, with more than 10,000 families and 25,000 individuals living on the streets and in shelters. The timeline below allows you to spend a day with some of the key players — from a landlord who organized heavily against rent control to a Greater Boston Legal Services lawyer who battles in the courts every day so that his elderly and disabled clients can stay in their homes. Each subject donned wearcams (small video camera headsets) for a day and documented life from their perspective. They were selected through a nomination process that involved the input of over 50 community organizations.