Planning Board Resolution Memorializing the HEFSP #20-08

(1) Persons per Room. 1.01 or more persons per room in housing units built before 1960. These are old units that are overcrowded. (2) Plumbing Facilities. Inadequate plumbing sufficient for rehabilitation is indicated. by incomplete plumbing facilities, i.c., lack of hot and cold piped water, flush toilet or bathtub/shower. (3) Kitchen Facilities. Inadequate kitchen facilities signaling rehabilitation are indicated by the non —presence of kitchen facilitates within the unit, or the non-presence of one of three components: a sink with piped water, a stove or a refrigerator. These characteristics of deficient housing are nationally recognized indicators of housing inadequacy. Each one, properly identified and not double-counted or multiplied is enough to signal the call for unit rehabilitation. This is true not solely because the characteristic specified is itself debilitating but rather signals a unit that is either old or missing a basic component of normal housing services. These characteristics exist at the municipal level, are reported by the American Community Survey such that they can be isolated and not over counted, and individually indicate the need for structure rehabilitation. The age of West Orange’s housing stock has been presented in Table 1. Tables 2 through 4 address the other surrogates of deficient housing. TABLE 2 Persons Per Room Persons Occupied Owner Renter Per Room Occupied Occupied 1.01 to 1.50 229 91 138 1.51 to 2.00 24 0 24 2.01 or more 87 0 87 TOTAL 340 91 249 Source: 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates TABLE 3 Plumbing Facilities Total Units Complete plumbing facilities 17,131 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 37 Source: 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates