Tell Your State Reps: Get storm survivors home–and let them stay.

​Everyone deserves a full and fair recovery. We need a mortgage forbearance and aid that covers all of us, so storm survivors can get home and stay home.  ​ In the decade between Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Ida, survivors are struggling to get home and whole. We know best what’s broken with our disaster recovery Read More »

Need help with your individual Sandy issues? Here’s how YOU can help YOU.

Need help with your individual Sandy issues? Here’s how YOU can help YOU. Does NJOP help people? Yes. And no.  The New Jersey Organizing Project actually isn’t a service organization.  When we say “service organization,” picture like – Catholic Charities, Affordable Housing Alliance, Ocean County Long Term Recovery Group.  A service organization is one with Read More »

Victims of Ida, Sandy rally for more help

Victims of Ida, Sandy rally for more help / NJ Spotlight / June 1, 2023 By Brenda Flanagan “Today is the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which is kind of part of the reason we’re here today,” Joe Mangino told a group of New Jersey storm survivors who Thursday marked the start of hurricane season Read More »

Mortgage forbearance proposed for NJ Ida survivors

Mortgage forbearance proposed for NJ Ida survivors / NJ 94.5 / May 8, 2023 By Dino Flammia Once he knew it’d be a while before he could return to his home that was devastated by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, Manville resident Eric Vaughn dipped into his savings to purchase an RV as a living Read More »

Mortgage reprieve for homeowners impacted by Ida?

Mortgage reprieve for homeowners impacted by Ida? / NJ Spotlight / May 8, 2023 By Ted Goldberg A bill that would provide more relief for people who were greatly impacted by Tropical Storm Ida came before the Senate Community and Urban Affairs committee Monday. Several people whose homes were seriously damaged in the storm testified. Read More »

Many Hurricane Ida survivors in Tri-State Area say they’re still struggling to get money from the federal government

Many Hurricane Ida survivors in Tri-State Area say they’re still struggling to get money from the federal government / CBS New York / April 26, 2023 By Christine Sloanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqcMfSDFvk MANVILLE, N.J. – The remnants of Hurricane Ida devastated many communities in the Tri-State Area.  Nearly a year and a half later, many Ida survivors say they’re still Read More »

Dígales a sus representantes estatales: Ayuden a los sobrevivientes de la tormenta a regresar a sus casas y hagan posible que puedan vivir en ellas.

Todas las personas merecen una recuperación completa y justa. Necesitamos un aplazamiento hipotecario que nos cubra a todos, para que los sobrevivientes de la tormenta puedan regresar a sus casas y permanecer en ellas.  ​ En la década desde la Supertormenta Sandy al Huracán Ida, los sobrevivientes siguen luchando por regresar a sus casas y Read More »