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‘Scraping for crumbs’: Americans squeezed by affordability crisis

Rising food, shelter and healthcare costs are hitting hard in Bethlehem and the surrounding Lehigh valley

An affordability crisis is sweeping the US, as high prices of food, rents and healthcare force lower-income Americans to cut back on necessities just as the Trump administration curbs government supports.

In Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the surrounding Lehigh Valley, making enough just to get by has become a struggle.

“It feels like everything is just closing in around us, honestly,” said Anissa Camacho, a 26-year-old florist in Bethlehem. She recently moved in with her grandparents because renting was too expensive. 

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