Affordable housing income limits (AMI)
Summary
Council members say the city's 80% AMI threshold prices out average Newarkers, including city workers and people being evicted from Newark Housing Authority. The administration says the Mayor will bring legislation to use Newark's actual median income (~$58,000) instead of Essex County's ~$138,400.
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Last discussed Jul 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
No direct cost, but it shapes who can actually live in every 'affordable' unit the city subsidizes.
Lower-income Newark residents if the income limits are lowered.
Right now, working-class Newarkers are effectively excluded from units marketed as affordable.
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