New Jersey residents fight to return home more than 1 year after Hurricane Ida / news12 NJ / March 7, 2023 By News 12 Staff There are some New Jersey residents who are still recovering more than a year after Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction around the state. New Jersey residents fight to Read More »
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More help is coming for NJ Ida victims. Groups helping survivors call 16-month wait ‘criminal.’
More help is coming for NJ Ida victims. Groups helping survivors call 16-month wait ‘criminal.’ More help is coming for NJ Ida victims. Groups helping survivors call 16-month wait ‘criminal.’ / Gothamist / March 3, 2023 By Karen YI New Jersey’s Department of Human Services says it began making case managers available to Hurricane Ida Read More »
State promises to re-examine Sandy forbearance program after KIYC investigation
State promises to re-examine Sandy forbearance program after KIYC investigation | News12 NJ| February 6, 2023 By Walt Kane A Kane In Your Corner investigation has led to results for homeowners who said the state wasn’t keeping up its end of the Superstorm Sandy mortgage forbearance program. The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is promising Read More »
What’s the story with FEMA’s Ida Rental Assistance?
What’s the story with FEMA’s Ida Rental Assistance? After natural disasters like Hurricane Ida, FEMA typically provides an initial rental assistance payment for those displaced from their homes by the storm, as well as up to 18 months more of rental assistance for people who remain displaced. If you’re wondering, “What gives? I’ve never even Read More »
Was your insurance claim underpaid or denied? Learn how to self advocate
Was your insurance claim underpaid or denied? Learn how to self advocate Storm survivors need and deserve flood insurance that works for us, not against us. We’re still working to make that a reality. BUT, in the meantime, there are resources out there to support you as you navigate insurance. The American Policyholder Association (APA) Read More »
Federal clawback of money from Sandy survivors halted indefinitely
Federal clawback of money from Sandy survivors halted indefinitely | NJ Spotlight News | January 23, 2023 BRIANA VANNOZZI, ANCHOR Interview: Jody Stewart, community organizer of New Jersey Organizing Project For thousands of Superstorm Sandy survivors in New Jersey, recovery has been a slow and sometimes painful process. One of the biggest sources of stress Read More »
KIYC: Sandy survivors told they owe thousands in back interest on ‘interest-free’ forbearances
KIYC: Sandy survivors told they owe thousands in back interest on ‘interest-free’ forbearances | News 12 | January 23, 2023Thousands of homeowners who survived Superstorm Sandy took advantage of the state’s forbearance program, which state officials said would give them interest-free extensions. But five years later, a Kane In Your Corner investigation finds some of those homeowners Read More »
Sandy victims might get indefinite reprieve on federal disaster clawback repayments
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. 2022 marks a decade since Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the east coast, plunging our New Jersey communities into a long, exhausting, and still incomplete recovery process. As part of a national coalition of storm survivors and Read More »
Few Ida victims received long-term rental aid from FEMA
Few Ida victims received long-term rental aid from FEMA | NJ Spotlight News | November 30, 2022 BY: BRIANA VANNOZZI, ANCHOR Thousands were entitled to an additional 18 months of rental aid More than a year after Tropical Storm Ida flooded communities across New Jersey, thousands of families are still working through the recovery process. Read More »
Struggling Ida victims were entitled to 18 months of rental aid. Fewer than 300 in NY and NJ got it.
A decade after Hurricane Struggling Ida victims were entitled to 18 months of rental aid. Fewer than 300 in NY and NJ got it. | Gothamist | November 28, 2022 [See Also: Struggling Ida victims were entitled to 18 months of rental aid. Fewer than 300 in NY and NJ got it. | NJ Spotlight Read More »