Patrick Lupien and Mariah LeMieux-Lupien knew they were going to be evicted from their apartment in Biddeford, Maine. The lapse was a matter of basic math: As Mariah put it, when you don't have it, you don't have it. Despite Patrick's $40,000 a year salary, the Lupien family became part of an often invisible group known as the "working homeless." Their story illustrates the growing housing inequality that is prevalent in America today. The family's hard road over the next six months - from eviction, to living in a campground, to homeless shelters, and then finally finding a home - offers a window into the insecurity and panic that comes with raising children on the brink of financial insolvency.

Mariah LeMieux-Lupien organizes paperwork while Evan, center, and Dylan play on the couch. "You just try and do everything right and then 'pftt', you're out," says Mariah, while sorting through her pa

Laya, left, and Evan Lupien take a bath while their parents move out of their three-bedroom apartment in Biddeford, ME. Two years ago, the family moved from Northern Maine to seek out better opportuni

Mariah LeMieux-Lupien closes her eyes after packing a tote in her bedroom while her son Dylan, who has non-verbal autism, sits quietly at her side. The family of five is being forced out of their home

Siblings Laya, left and Evan Lupien push a tote up the ramp of the U-Haul while their parents, Mariah LeMieux-Lupien and Patrick Lupien, watch from the porch of their apartment. "More, more, more!" ye

Mariah LeMieux-Lupien looks at the sky while setting up her family's tent in Shamrock Campground. Faced with eviction, the family of five was forced into a campground for the unforeseeable future.

Evan Lupien watches as battery operated tea lights flicker while he drifts off to sleep. Curled up next to his two siblings, the children spend their first night sleeping in the family's van at a camp

Patrick Lupien sits with his son Evan at their campsite while siblings Laya and Dylan watch movies in the van. With the children's special needs, Mariah and Patrick have found it difficult to keep an

Siblings from left Evan, Dylan and Laya watch a movie while getting ready for bed in the back of their family's van. After being evicted from their three bedroom apartment earlier that day, the Lupie

Dylan Lupien drags his feet while his father Patrick attempts to get him on the bus to summer school. The family made arrangements to have the children be picked up from the campground while they made

Sam Lupien, Mariah's oldest son, rests his head in his mom's lap while his half-siblings, Evan and Laya curl up next to him. Sam lives in a group home for challenged teens and occasionally visits his

Patrick Lupien, left, brushes his teeth with his son Evan while they get ready for the day in the campground bathroom in the early hours of the morning. Campground life requires a very rigid schedule

Mariah LeMieux-Lupien sits in the passenger seat of the family's van while filling out application after application for homeless shelters in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. While her husband

Mariah LeMieux-Lupien picks up her son Dylan and holds him close to her face while spending a night at a hotel in Portland, ME. Earlier in the day, the Lupien's packed up from the campground for good

Evan Lupien peers out of the hotel window while wearing his goggles in preparation for a night of swimming. For the past month and a half, Evan and his family have been living in a campground after be

Patrick leaves his job in Southern Maine for the last time, his packed box of desk items in tow. When the Lupien family exhausted their options for shelter waiting lists in the Maine area, they were l

Laya Lupien lifts up her arms in her best superwoman pose while she plays with her mother Mariah during one of their last nights at Seacoast Family Promise. For the past three months, the Lupien famil

Exhausted, Patrick Lupien leans against the bedroom door while his daughter Laya, left, and son Evan jump back and forth on the bed. The family has been at Seacoast Family Promise, a shelter program i

Patrick Lupien talks to his wife Mariah LeMieux-Lupien while their daughter Laya eats dinner at the church where the family will be spending the night. In an effort to keep DHHS from taking their chi

Mariah LeMieux-Lupien searches for after-school snacks at the Seacoast Family Promise day house while her son Dylan waits in a highchair. For the past three months, the Lupien family has been at Seac

Laya Lupien sleeps in the back of the van with her siblings amid dining room chairs and various odds and ends en route to the Lupiens new apartment in Dover, NH. Since July, the Lupien family has be

Evan Lupien rides his scooter down the ramp of the moving truck while friend's and family help the Lupiens move into their new apartment. The family has been homeless since July, with most of the chil