Warning RREM Applicants ~ Make Sure Your Application Was Received

 

IF YOU APPLIED FOR THE RREM PROGRAM THE FIRST DAY OR TWO THAT THE APPLICATIONS WERE AVAILABLE, PLEASE SIGN BACK IN AND MAKE SURE BOTH APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED..

THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TOLD THEY ONLY APPLIED FOR THE $10,000 GRANT AND NOT THE $150,000........

 

THE DEADLINE IS JUNE 30TH, 2013

SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS 

What you can expect......

There will be an Initial Application period that runs from May 24, 2013 to June 30. All applications received by June 30 that meet the eligibility criteria will be the first group to be processed.   An electronic random ordering process based on the state’s priorities of damage, income, and counties impacted will determine the order in which applicants will be selected.  You will be notified in writing of your place on the list.
We will continue to accept applications after June 30, but they will be processed only after the eligibility of all Homeowners in the first group has been determined.  Once those applications have been processed, applications received on July 1, 2013 or later will be processed on a first received, first processed basis.

 

 

Eligible homeowners whose primary residences were damaged or destroyed in the storm can visit the Housing Recovery Centers to apply in-person for two reNew Jersey Stronger housing grants: the Homeowner Resettlement Program and the Homeowner Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) Program.

 

Sandy-impacted homeowners DO NOT NEED to come to the Housing Recovery Centers if they previously applied to the reNew Jersey Stronger grant programs online or over the phone. Instead, applicants who previously applied will be contacted in the next few weeks about the status of their application(s) and any additional steps that they must take.

 

 

Atlantic County

500 Scarborough Drive, Suite 101

Egg Harbor Township, NJ

 

Bergen County

140 E. Ridgewood Avenue, 1st Floor, South Tower

Paramus, NJ

 

Cape May County

3860 Bayshore Road, Suite 5

North Cape May, NJ

 

Essex County

153 Halsey Street, 2nd Floor

Newark, NJ

 

Hudson County

438 Summit Avenue, 6th Floor

Jersey City, NJ

 

Middlesex County

1 Metroplex Drive

Edison, NJ

 

Monmouth County

3 Paragon Way, Suite 150

Freehold, NJ

 

Ocean County

750 Vassar Avenue, Suite 1

Lakewood, NJ

 

Union County

150 Morris Avenue, Suite 101

Springfield, NJ

 

 

All centers,  are open 7 days a week from 8am to 8pm.

 

For more information regarding the reNew Jersey Stronger housing grants, including eligibility information and application instructions, and to apply online, please visit www.renewjerseystronger.org.

 

The DCA Superstorm Sandy Housing Assistance hotline is also open at 1-855-SANDYHM (1-855-726-3946) to answer any questions you may have about the application process and to help you apply.

Base Flood Elevation Maps

FEMA releases preliminary work maps which supersede the Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) maps as the best available flood hazard data. 

The preliminary work maps will be the source of the updated flood hazard data provided in the What is My BFE? report.
   

Use this look up tool to look up your Base Flood Elevation. WWW.Region2coastal.com

FEMA Preparation For Seniors

NFIP Rate Hikes To begin in 2014 - Amendments are needed now!

On Wednesday June 3rd 2013, The House of Representatives approved an amendment that would stop FEMA from implementing insurance premium hikes.  The amendment by Rep. Bill Cassidy, was added to the 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill.  The full bill is expected to head to a House vote later this month, but it must also win Senate approval.

The 25% hikes could go into effect in less than 6 months if the senate does not pass an amendment.

The process of phasing out the government’s support for flood insurance policies as a result of the
"Biggert-Waters Act of 2012", will immediately impact non-primary residences, business properties, and Severe Repetitive Loss properties. Primary home owners would be safe and continue to be subsidized until they decide to sell. The new homeowner however would not be grandfathered and would have to pay the non subsidized amount.

The long term negative effect of this act, without reform, is potentially crippling to homeowners across the country and should be addressed now.  This amendment will block those rate increases and allow time to carefully modify the Biggert-Waters Act. 

Please contact your senators and let them know this reform is needed. 
 It is very easy for state representatives, with little or no waterfront properties to reject these amendments.  It is important to stay strong and unite with groups who lobby our representatives in Washington.  Support is needed to protect homeowners who live close to rising waters throughout the entire United States

Stop FEMA Now
NOLA

Link to overview of "Biggert Waters Act 2012"

In Simple Terms - Who will be effected and when.

HR-2199

Link to other House and Senate Bills, Proposed to Amend "Biggert Waters Acts 2012".

Rcovery Update

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