Report: Hundreds of Area Homes Sustained Sandy Damage
New data released by the state Department of Community Affairs breaks down Sandy-related damage by municipality.
In New Jersey, the Manahawkin and Barnegat areas sustained a large number of damaged housing from Superstorm Sandy, as more than 1,300 units were affected in Manahawkin - many in Beach Haven West - and 78 in Barnegat, according to an interactive map of destruction compiled by njspotlight.com.
Of those homes in Stafford, 19 were severely damaged — meaning they were impacted by more than $28,800, according to data provided by the state Department of Community Affairs.
In Stafford Township:
- 1,301 total homes were damaged — 121 homes had minor damage; 118 had major damage; 19 were severe
- There were 258 total rental units with damage.
- 1,144 businesses were impacted
According to the key, major damage includes homes that suffered $8,000 to $28,800 in damages while severe is more than $28,800.
The data notes that nearly 87,000 housing units were damaged statewide, about 12,500 of those were either destroyed or sustained major damage. At least 1,000 residences were damaged in 24 municipalities in seven counties. Nearly 400,000 businesses were impacted, as well.
The DCA released its action plan for spending billions of dollars in Community Block Grant Disaster Recover funds on Tuesday. The initial phase will provide $1.8 billion to help more than 20,000 homeowners, 5,000 renters, 10,000 businesses, as well as municipalities impacted by the storm.
“This plan puts into motion the specific actions we’ve been designing to get relief out as quickly as possible to our Sandy-impacted homeowners and businesses – to reconstruct, rehabilitate and elevate homes, and to get over hurdles for our small businesses to get up and running again,” Gov. Chris Christie said.
More than 50 percent of the funding will be dedicated to low-to-moderate-income households. Additionally, 80 percent of the funds will be dedicated to the nine most heavily impacted counties in the state, which includes Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Union.
The Action Plan has been submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for approval. Once approved, the state will provide a detailed outline to guide spending.
“These programs have been carefully, but quickly designed to fill the unmet needs faced by our residents to rebuild in a safer, more enduring way, to strengthen our impacted local economies going into this summer, and to help preserve the unique character of our shore communities as we’ve known them,” Christie said.
To view the Action Plan, visit the NJ Department of Community Affairs’ website at www.nj.gov/dca.
Razoo Kelley
6:29 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Eleanor R. Dept. of community affairs is the one who is lying. Their calculations are so far underestimated its criminal. Open your eyes and look around, talk to the citizens of these affected areas and see how they feel about being ignored for 4 months with no hope in sight. Within 4 blocks of my home there are more than 19 severely damaged homes, let alone all of Stafford Twp. You are not considerate of your town & the citizens there in, its obvious you have a vendetta against The Mayor of Stafford and aren't concerned with the truth.
Lincoln Osiris
10:09 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Razoo- OK so it must be the DCA who is lying. It could not possible be the most honest mayor John Spodofora, who lied about being the Jon in RonJon, who lied about having a college degree, who lied about being an engineer, who lied about being a Navy SEAL, who lied about fighting in Vietnam, who lied about having a Purple Heart, who lied about being a spy, etc. etc. etc. If you are here to defend this PROVEN liar it is YOU who are not concerned with the truth! Now go along and finish the rest of your Kool Aid
KRaz
6:29 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Where are these numbers from? Are you telling me there are only 1301 homes in BHW and VH? Most of the homes in BHW and VH were affected, most residents still unable to live in their homes. We are still restoring, so the final numbers aren't in, but severe damage > 28K, wouldn't that make only 19 homes eligible for the ICC grant $? Stafford doing nothing to help .... but, yes, lying to the residents. Can't get a straight answer from anyone! Thank goodness for volunteers helping in our township!
Sal Sorce
6:29 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Get use to it !!!
I often was told exaggerated data figures when Carl Block and
The Block Team were seated as mayor and council ...
I had requested under several formal OPRA requests regarding
the factual data $$$ for the Stafford Landfill closure project ...
the figures were all over the place ... fact is the Block Team
and Paul Shives never provided a single factual data file on
the final landfill closure costs ...
costs were all over the place ... what I believe is they felt that
if the lower cost were to be published, the residents would most
likely go along with such a lush deal with the Walters Group of
entities ... I was provided a spread sheet of up to $55+ Million
but the actual data was for the entire business park not the
LANDFILL to this day under the past two administrations,
I was never provided the actual "POST CLOSURE COSTS"
Payment in LIEU OF TAXES ... CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THAT
DEAL WITH THE DEVELOPER? WALTERS? SOLAR 1 & 2 LLC?
what did we ever get out of giving up OUR PARKLAND ...
THAT ORIGINAL SIGN-OFF WAS FOR PRESERVATION-PERPETUITY!!!
EXAGGERATED DATE COST $$$$ ARE A SYSTEMIC FAILURE OF
THE OCEAN COUNTY GOP ... GET USE TO IT!!! THE PARTISAN
GROUP IS DEEP INTO THE BS.
Skitch
10:09 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
I have a home in BHW that was severely damaged. Nothing really left other than a framing, roof and a slab. I know my neighbors are in the same boat as me. If you go into BHW it is like a ghost town. My opinion is that the numbers above are GROSSLY underestimated by far. Practically every house that was street level in BHW was under water. You can travel street after street in BHW and any moron can see that there is an orange tag on practically every house. There are thousands of homes in BHW alone. There are probably 75+ on my street alone that were severely damaged. Someone just isn't reporting the numbers correctly or perhaps alot are repairing their home out of pocket and are not reporting a claim. Something is way off here.
Skitch
10:09 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Beware of the Hazzard mitigation grants. I am told that there are strings attached. Please read the fine print before you sign. Nothing is ever free!!!
mr henry
10:09 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
sounds like every 2nd home in stafford was considered to be a rental and a business the way they describe it...Hope the insurance companies dont use thier gage of 28800 as the top of the mark for pay out or alot of people will be living with johnmansville wall paper and 4/5ply flooring....But yes the lies do keep flowing..
Wm. Kain
7:31 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
I am a full time resident in the East Point section of BHW. Every home on my street had enough water and mud in the house to require the first floor sheet-rock be replaced , carpets, kitchen & bathroom floors and cabinets as well as swollen interior doors, trim etc,etc. I had six inches of water in my home and my insurance paid $74,000 for the repairs. There are approximately fifty homes on my street. I can assure you, every home on my street had this degree of damage. The townships numbers are way, way off!
Dawn Giovannoli
7:31 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
The numbers have to be wrong-
There are more than 19 homes just on Mill Creek in BHW that sustained "severe" damage (and it doesn't take much to have more than $28K in damage). The numbers may be coming from the total of ICC claims submitted to the town-but since I would imagine most homeowners (including us) who have sustained over $28K in damages have not yet received insurance settlements (and therefore have not yet filed for ICC reimbursement) All of us cannot be counted towards the total.Once the actual numbers come out it could very well be that BHW sustained more damage than any other area of the state (based on the sheer number of houses affected). Statistics get people's attention-let's just make sure the stats are accurate.
John Mangino
7:31 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
THE NUMBERS ARE WRONG PEOPLE ...........I TO SAW THE map last week and was so shocked at what it reported I left it to old data The Numbers Are Wrong period
Eileen
7:31 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
Omg...19 homes in bhw severely damaged? Need a reality check? Take a peek at the gutted listings on realtor.com for 08050. Across my lagoon all houses got over 4 feet, all severely damaged. My side, a little less water, but just about every house. Across street...next street.... People don't gut their homes and sell them for nothing they need some attention. This is irresponsible reporting, and just one more wrong piece of info adding insult to injury.