‘A persistent and growing underclass’ in Orange County, report shows

Parents holding down two or three jobs each.
Families doubled and tripled up in cramped apartments.
Underachieving students.
Poor health and nutrition.
A dwindling working-age population.
It is not all bad news, but Orange County’s new Community Indicators Report, an annual study by government agencies, businesses and philanthropies, points to many woes woven into the fabric of the county’s sunny suburbs.
One thread links them all: a calamitous shortage of affordable housing.
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