10 Years After The Storm: Locals Talk About Hurricane Sandy / October 29, 2022 By Daniella Heminghaus On October 28, 2012, the day before Superstorm Sandy made landfall in the area, crews in Point Pleasant Beach were putting sandbags along the boardwalk storefronts and making oversized sand dunes along the beach in hopes both would Read More »
SANDY RECOVERY
NJ plans to release new building standards to combat flooding
NJ plans to release new building standards to combat flooding | App.com | October 20, 2022 By Amanda Oglesby Key Points: Proposed rules could force new construction higher in flood zones. Builders may have to reserve more land for stormwater management. A disaster aid group says the rules could make rebuilding too expensive. New regulations Read More »
Storm Survivors Unite & Take Trenton By Storm
On the first day of hurricane season, Congressman. Andy Kim and Congressman Tom Malinowski joined us, storm impacted families, from across the state to fix the broken disaster recovery system and be better prepared for future storms. The day’s focus was on what we call “the storm after the storm”: the long-lasting financial, emotional, and Read More »
Will your flood insurance get more expensive?
This year, FEMA changed how it calculates risk “to provide more equity,” and is now incorporating more risk variables based on individual properties. These changes — known as Risk Rating 2.0—officially began for existing policyholders on April 1, 2022 and new policyholders this past October. (Don’t get us wrong, we’re down with more equity, but Read More »
Is anyone worried about the end of the Sandy Forbearance?
by Sharon Zappia from Atlantic City Although Superstorm Sandy devastated our coastal community over 9 years ago, efforts for recovery are still ongoing. Residents are still feeling the impact of the storm and its aftermath and some are still struggling to return home. On top of financial hardships caused by Sandy and compounded by the Read More »
Spring 2022 Focus on Winning Clawback Forgiveness
By Jody Stewart from Little Egg Harbor I can clearly remember the day I was told that I was being hit with a clawback, a letter from the RREM Program asking me for thousands of dollars in grant money to be returned. Grant money that I needed—and already used—to rebuild my home after Superstorm Sandy. Read More »
Fight for flood fairness for NJ Families!
Join the action to fight for flood fairness for families by signing up below. What’s happening? FEMA is changing how it calculates risk “to provide more equity,” and is incorporating more risk variables based on individual properties. These include: flood frequency multiple flood types—river overflow, storm surge, coastal erosion and heavy rainfall distance to a Read More »
Finish the Job: Forgive Sandy Clawbacks
It’s been almost 9 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. Many are home but being asked to pay back funding they received by the state grant program RREM. Both individual Read More »
The kinds of storm recovery aid
The kinds of storm recovery aid Ver en español » join our action list We all connect with FEMA Whether or not you have insurance – FEMA is a key starting place for storm survivors. They can help with temporary housing and additional grants, particularly to cover gaps where there wasn’t insurance. See the FEMA Read More »
Jersey City: We don’t have hot water, so what’d we do?
Jersey City: We don’t have hot water, so what’d we do? By James Rosenstein-Hopkins, NJOP Board member Ver en español » James and Staci Berger from HCDNNJ in Union City When Ida hit, the basement of my apartment building flooded and the water heaters of my building were ruined. For almost two weeks to date, Read More »