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 »
Tag: New Jersey
Time is running out to apply for FEMA Ida relief
Time is running out to apply for FEMA Ida relief / NJ Spotlight News / 1/4/2022 By Melissa Rose Cooper, Correspondent Time is running out for thousands of New Jerseyans looking for federal disaster assistance related to Tropical Storm Ida. Wednesday is the deadline for people to submit applications to FEMA. As of Tuesday, the Read More »
Housing Q&A: Got flood damage? Here’s how renters and homeowners in NJ can recover
Housing Q&A: Got flood damage? Here’s how renters and homeowners in NJ can recover / APP.com / 11/19/2021 By Ashley Balcerza, NorthJersey.com With the threat of more storms due to climate change, leaders say more funding needs to go into figuring out how to prevent damage in the first place federal flood assistance, relief and Read More »
NJ Lawmakers’ Bill Would Reform New FEMA Flood Insurance Program
NJ Lawmakers’ Bill Would Reform New FEMA Flood Insurance Program / Patch / 11/5/2021 By Karen Wall, Patch Staff New Jersey’s two U.S. senators and fellow members of Congress are hoping to help hundreds of thousands of residents dealing with flood insurance problems nine years after Superstorm Sandy. NEW JERSEY — A month into the Read More »
Front Line groups call on Congress to put environmental justice first in federal Build Back Better bill
Front Line groups call on Congress to put environmental justice first in federal Build Back Better bill / Insider NJ / 10/29/2021 On the ninth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, leaders from NJ THRIVES, a coalition of grassroots groups at the front lines of climate change, sent letters to members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation calling Read More »
Flood insurance reform bill debuts on Sandy anniversary
Flood insurance reform bill debuts on Sandy anniversary / NJ Spotlight News / 10/29/2021 By Melissa Rose Cooper, Correspondent With the threat of more storms due to climate change, leaders say more funding needs to go into figuring out how to prevent damage in the first place New Jersey’s two U.S. senators and fellow members Read More »
Superstorm Sandy anniversary: ‘Release people from the clawbacks,’ those affected plead
Superstorm Sandy anniversary: ‘Release people from the clawbacks,’ those affected plead / Asbury Park Press / 10/29/2021 By Mike Davis Nine years after superstorm Sandy tore through the Jersey Shore, activists say there’s still work to be done. Members of the New Jersey Organizing Project, a grassroots advocacy group for Sandy victims, on Friday highlighted Read More »
Superstorm Sandy Survivor: Not All Damage Is Visible
Superstorm Sandy Survivor: Not All Damage Is Visible / Jersey Shore Online / 10/29/2021 By Stephanie Faughnan STAFFORD – Several iconic photographs serve as a remembrance of Superstorm Sandy’s wrath nearly a decade ago. Meanwhile, some victims suffered damage not overtly visible from the exteriors of their homes. “If you looked from the outside Read More »
Pallone, Kim Hold Press Conference on Forgiveness of New Jersey Community Disaster Loans
Pallone, Kim Hold Press Conference on Forgiveness of New Jersey Community Disaster Loans / Insider NJ / 10/5/2021 Toms River, NJ – Congressmen Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Andy Kim (NJ-03) held a press conference today on forgiveness of outstanding balances of Community Disaster Loans (CDLs) made to municipalities in New Jersey to help them 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 »