There’s a serious risk of the county eventually becoming an economy of low-wage “servants” and wealthy homeowners, unless there’s a stronger focus on expanding the housing supply, according to Chapman University researchers who are advising county officials.
Tag: poverty
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Plans For OC’s First Year-Round Homeless Shelter Move Forward
Longstanding efforts to establish Orange County’s first year-round homeless shelter took a major step forward Tuesday, when county supervisors started the process to buy a building in a commercial area of Anaheim.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Why Reducing Poverty – and Stress – Might Be a Key to Better Health
Researchers in recent years have been able to link many chronic health conditions to high levels of stress, which is more prevalent in low-income communities.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Report Spotlights Health and Social Disparities in OC
The annual Health Care Agency survey shows a healthy county overall but wide disparities depending on age, race, ethnicity and geography.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
In Social Services Agency, ‘We Go On Because the Work Is Essential’
Sandra Fox, an eligibility worker for the Orange County Social Services Agency, talks about the challenges she faces as poverty rates soar and resources wane.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Understanding What Poverty Is: Questions for Dr. Michael Riley
The director of Orange County’s Social Services Agency talks about the old notions and new faces of poverty and what his agency is doing in the wake of the Great Recession.
Posted inEconomy, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
County Report Reveals Wide Disparities in OC’s Health
Health Care Agency’s annual survey shows the number of Santa Ana residents living in crowded conditions to be 10 times the national average.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Construction of Neighborhood Park in Santa Ana Delayed
Paperwork issues mainly to blame for delay in the building of a
community park in one of the city’s most park-deprived areas.
