James Berger checked into a Braintree, Massachusetts hotel with his 9-year-old daughter last fall out of desperation after a relative they were living with in Boston was evicted. The family's plight is hardly unique. Across the state, 20,000 students experience homelessness — about 4,000 of those students live in Boston. Here's what led this family to leave Massachusetts in order to find stable housing. GBH News is a premier source for in-depth local news and original story telling based in Boston, Massachusetts. Subscribe to the GBH YouTube channel: null. Follow GBH News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbhnews/ Like GBH News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gbhnews/ Follow GBH News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GBHNews We can’t do it without you. Support our award-winning community journalism by donating today: https://bit.ly/SupportGBHNews