Income inequality grows, alderman concerned: “Worries greater than ever”

There was relatively less poverty in the city in 2021, but this was mainly due to a sharp increase in the number of high-income households. This is stated in the so-called Poverty Monitor that the municipality sent out today. More than 73,400 Amsterdam households had a low income and low wealth in 2021. That is 17 percent of all households. The percentage has thus fallen very slightly, just like in the rest of the Netherlands. At the same time, …