Asbury Park Press
By federal standards, a single working parent with two children in New Jersey could survive on just under $21,000 in 2019.
Researchers from Legal Services of New Jersey s Poverty Research Institute suggest in a new report that s way off the mark such that the government undercounts the number of poor in the state by more than 2 million.
How much would the theoretical parent-and-two-children household need to make it in New Jersey? More than three times the $20,600 benchmark set by the federal government, according to the A Real Cost of Living Report Series. Anyone living in New Jersey knows that s not accurate, Shivi Prasad, director of the Poverty Research Institute and one of the report authors, said of the federal government s so-called poverty line.
Study says more than 3 million live in true poverty in NJ Most go uncounted
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New Jersey didn t need a global pandemic for folks to realize their struggles with the cost of housing.
In a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, done in collaboration with the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, most New Jersey adults say the COVID-19 public health crisis did not impact their household s ability to make monthly rent or mortgage payments. Yet almost nine in 10 New Jerseyans (87%) consider the cost of housing to be a very serious or somewhat serious problem.
Just 16% of respondents said their monthly housing costs rent or mortgage are very affordable. Twenty-six percent said costs are not very affordable, and 13% said they re not affordable at all.