Staci Berger, President & CEO of the Housing and Community Development Network of NJ, joins Steve Adubato to examine affordability in New Jersey, the rise in eviction rates, and the new Community Reinvestment Act.

Steve Adubato asks Staci Berger about the state of evictions in New Jersey and the impact on children. Staci explains, “When someone is evicted, and there are children in that family and in that household, it is traumatizing. Those children are uprooted from their neighborhoods. They’re often uprooted from their school system. Sometimes that’s where some get their food sources from. We know our school districts are doing a very difficult job– feeding and caring for many of the folks in their communities. When that entire social system is uprooted, whether it’s neighbors who look after that child or teachers who care about that family or a school helping to provide food support– that family goes into crisis and it’s terrifying.”