Rutgers Releases Report on Housing Gaps Warning of Displacement in East Orange, Orange, and Other Communities
SAUNDRA SHARP CONTE
31 January, 2022
EAST ORANGE, NJ - With the erection of large market rate buildings with high rents, and homes with large price tags for sale, report says housing options in East Orange and Orange are becoming increasingly unaffordable.
Under the guidance of David Troutt, the founding director of the Rutgers Center on Law in Metropolitan Equity (CLiME), and Katharine Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, a report was published exploring the issues of housing in the Oranges and beyond titled, "Housing Gaps in Cities of Color: Affordability Trends in Newark's Inner-Ring Suburbs of Irvington, Orange and East Orange."
Nelson's findings in the report are outlined in statistics, research, and facts:
"Orange, East Orange, and Irvington are Black working-class suburban communities. While home to just under 20% of Essex’s population, they are home to almost 40% of all Black residents and only 2% of White residents. These communities are also growing fast, with surging Latino and immigrant populations from the Caribbean.
These inner-ring suburbs are challenged by elevated rates of poverty and a growing unaffordability, and they have few resources to address these pressing needs. In 2020, Orange, East Orange, and Irvington residents generated only $30,000-$40,000 in tax basis for essential public services, such as police, education and sanitation. Meanwhile, nearby Summit residents generated almost four and a half times as many resources as any of these communities, and to serve a much smaller population.
Orange, East Orange, and Irvington are renter communities. Seventy to eighty percent of households rent their home. More than half of renters are burdened by housing costs, meaning they spend more than 1/3 of their income on rent. More than a quarter are severely rent burdened, meaning they spend more than half of their income on housing costs.”
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Rutgers Releases Report on Housing Gaps Warning of Displacement in East Orange, Orange, and Other Communities