Let Healthcare Providers Treat Patients Now Tell Congress to Kill the X Waiver to Expand Access to Medication Assisted Treatment As loved ones, people in recovery, and people who use drugs united to end the overdose crisis, we are calling on our NJ Congressional Representatives to support the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (HR 1384) which Read More »
Your Shore home prone to flooding? Your wallet won’t like new FEMA insurance plans
Your Shore home prone to flooding? Your wallet won’t like new FEMA insurance plans by Jean Mikle – Asbury Park Press Some homeowners in Monmouth and Ocean counties who live in the state’s most flood-prone areas could face soaring insurance premiums under an ongoing overhaul of the federal flood insurance system, according to new data released Read More »
We need real COVID-19 Relief NOW
We need pandemic relief that meets the moment. The reality is if we want to put an end to this public health and economic crisis, Congress must send trillions of dollars out the door as soon as humanly possible. People need to work safely, pay the rent, they need to put food on the table. Read More »
Evidence Shows Wind Farms Will Not Affect Shore Tourism
Evidence Shows Wind Farms Will Not Affect Shore Tourism, by Pat Trotter – Sandpaper Offshore wind development is inevitable for the Atlantic Seaboard. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has begun the process to select from a competitive field of submissions for offshore wind development. This activity has sparked a shocking amount of misinformation Read More »
Clawbacks Update
UPDATE 1/28/2021: We have a new opportunity to push for RREM clawback forgiveness at the Federal Level – where the problem started in the first place. We are hopeful new HUD leadership will work with us on this. Last year was a tough year. For many of us, COVID-19 was the disaster on top of Read More »
Weary But Determined: Sandy Survivors Gather with Congressman Andy Kim for Community Solutions
Weary But Determined: Sandy Survivors Gather with Congressman Andy Kim for Community Solutions by Victoria Ford, 11/4/20 Residents who gathered online on Oct. 29 to mark the eighth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy were joined by Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District. It was the Southern Ocean County-based New Jersey Organizing Project’s timely Read More »
Some Jersey Shore Residents Still Struggling to Rebuild 8 years after Superstorm Sandy
Some Jersey Shore Residents Still Struggling to Rebuild 8 years after Superstorm Sandy – Ted Greenberg, NBC10 Philadelphia, 10/29/20
On Eighth Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, People’s Bill Advances; COVID Impacted Homeowners and Renters Face Tsunami of Evictions
On Eighth Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, People’s Bill Advances; COVID Impacted Homeowners and Renters Face Tsunami of Evictions – InsiderNJ, 10/29/20 TRENTON – The New Jersey Senate today approved a series of amendments to the “People’s Bill,” an unprecedented piece of legislation that would keep families impacted by COVID-19 in their homes by preventing foreclosures Read More »
Let’s Get Sandy Families Home
It’s been 8 long years since Superstorm Sandy. In those years, some of us were able to get home, others lost their homes forever, and some of us are still fighting to get home. Two years ago, on the 6th Sandy Anniversary, we stood with Governor Murphy as a new $50 million supplemental funding program Read More »
Keep families Home for the Holidays.
As the holiday season approaches us, families are still struggling to keep a roof over their heads. The Covid pandemic has impacted New Jersayans to extreme levels and the numbers are once again on the rise. It’s hard enough to survive the times we are living in but now we have to explain to our Read More »