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A year living in a hotel with 3 kids. Inside Newark’s affordable housing crisis.
Updated May 11, 4:47 PM;
Posted May 11, 6:30 AM
Shari Brown and her children Trinity, 10, left, Tristan, 9, right, and 3-month-old Tafira have been living in a hotel for more than a year, unable to find a permanent place to live. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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Shari Brown has no place to cook dinner.
The hot plates in her hotel room just don’t cut it, but that’s all she has on hand. A shared microwave on the third floor is the only alternative.
It’s been more than a year since the Newark resident had a consistent place to cook for her three kids. When it’s time to eat, Brown, 36, has few options: Prepared food from the supermarket, help from strangers who bring home-cooked meals, or if she has a few dollars to spare, takeout. ....

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