Offers have been made to 695 homeowners and 526 have accepted.
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Joe Mangino who just recently returned to his home in Stafford Township, N.J. three years after it was damaged by Superstorm Sandy arranges a display board made of wooden debris from the storm during a demonstration across from the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. Spokesman Brian Murray said that number was calculated by emergency management offices around the state.
To date statewide, buyouts are underway in 12 municipalities in six counties.
Closings have been completed on 395 properties, 259 of which have been demolished.
Signs of recovery are all around in the hardest hit areas.
We want to assure families affected by the storm that our singular focus at DCA is to get them back into their homes, and that we will work in good faith with any homeowner who is committed to the rebuilding of their storm-damaged home.
The Fair Share Housing Center cites federal data asserting 40,500 primary residences, and 15,600 rental units sustained “severe” or “major” damage in the storm.
Angela, a caller from Mystic Islands, said hearing people complain about Governor Christie not doing enough to help New Jersey recover infuriates her. She and her husband lost their house during the storm, but according to her, they had “done the right thing” and paid for flood insurance.
Volunteers from around the country are at the Jersey Shore this week, helping rebuild the seaside communities that took a great deal of damage during Superstorm Sandy. He said partisan and geographic differences can not be allowed to inhibit aid to victims of future catastrophic storms. Work is now moving to the north end of Ocean City, which is chronically prone to erosion and flood damage during storms.
State officials “did a piss-poor job” handling New Jersey’s recovery from superstorm Sandy, Senate President Stephen Sweeney said on the eve of the storm’s third anniversary.
Equipment in Sea Isle City is being broken down and moved to Ocean City as the $57.6 million project continues.
“For thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Sandy three years ago, their ordeal is still not over”, said Danielle Baussan, Managing Director of Energy Policy at CAP and co-author of this report.
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Officials in Middlesex County are discussing a milestone in flood-prone home purchases through a state program. “We feel absolutely abandoned by Chris Christie”.
