Code enforcement doesn't do anything when residents call them, does not have a timeline for re-inspection after a property fails initial inspections
Owners retaliate against renters by raising rent, evicting them, etc. for complaining
Residents must fix things on their own, don't report concerns because of fears of retaliation
Parents risk having their children removed by CPS if conditions (like presence of black mold) don't improve
Safety concerns in neighborhoods about gun violence
Nearby homeless encampments cause mice infestations
Mold, plumbing issues, rodent and cockroach infestations, leaking roofs, broken windows and doors, broken heaters, missing smoke or carbon dioxide detectors, damaged carpets, no hot water
"Instead of treating data as independent sources, we should be asking, Where do data direct us, and who might help us understand their origins as well as their sites of potential impact? The implications of these questions are threefold. For practitioners who want to work with data, understanding local conditions can dispel the dangerous illusion that any data offer what science and technology studies scholar Donna Haraway calls “the view from nowhere.”For students and scholars, attention to the local offers an opportunity to compare diverse cultures through the data that they make or use. Finally, local perspectives on data can awaken new forms of social advocacy. For wherever data are used, local communities of producers, users, and even nonusers are affected." (p. 3)
The object of this study is to demonstrate with objective data that pollution in Newark is causing real damage. Especially for children, because they suffer from respiratory diseases such as asthma; which is more harmful to a developing organism like a child. It is important that we become aware that pollution damage is real, and that a part of the population that is really affected is the youngest.