For Brick Residents, A Post-Sandy Primer
Grim realities on flood insurance explained at 'Information Fair'
There was no mincing of words: recovering from Sandy will be difficult, and a decision on federal flood insurance made months before the storm struck will make things even harder. Brick residents got the low-down on the difficult decisions that loom in the future for many families following Sandy - brought on mainly by the impending flood insurance hurdle that could cripple already-strained finances for many - at a series of Sandy Information Fairs held at Brick Township High School Saturday morning. Brick is the first town in New Jersey to offer such information sessions, said Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis. The township's administration brought together local officials with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) …
Smith
7:52 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Hey, lot of interesting comments. I'm from Breezy Point and and am also concerned the spike in rates and lack of subsidies will destroy our community. The biggest catastrophe we face now is not storm surge, but the raising of rates by the National Flood Insurance Program. Does anyone know if the grandfathering provisions for post FIRM primary homeowners was eliminated by the Biggert Waters Act? … more ›