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Fema Temporary Housing

Saturday, December 15, 2012

First FEMA Temporary Home Arrives in Eatontown

Manufactured home was delivered to Woodlawn Village Saturday morning

The first of FEMA's temporary housing units arrived in Eatontown Saturday morning. The manufactured home is being installed at Woodlawn Village, a mobile home park located off of Route 35 in the borough. The unit was originally located in Jackson at FEMA's staging ground at Six Flags Great Adventure, and is one of 50 that will be distributed across the state to families displaced by Hurricane Sandy. FEMA Public Information Officer Christopher Mckniff said a local family that has been approved for temporary housing will be moving into the home as soon as it is ready. Mckniff said he could not identify the family that is moving there, but said they will be allowed to stay in the temporary housing for 18 months and that FEMA will pay their …

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Peter Hafner

3:38 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012

You would think FEMA would have locations picked out from Maine to Texas ahead of time for any type of emergency. It only makes sense, oh wait we're talking about a Government agency.   more ›

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Fort Monmouth Housing for the 'New Reality'

It's not Sandy housing or temporary FEMA units. These homes will be for the next phase of the recovery process.

There has been a lot of confusing news about post-Sandy housing, said to be available at Fort Monmouth. To be clear: This story is about fort housing for a new wave of the recovery process - permanent housing, for what is expected to be a whole crop of people who won't want to live in a flood zone anymore or, who just won't be able to afford to anymore, if flood and homeowners' insurance rates rise in correlation with the waters of Oct. 29. On Thursday. the board of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) took a first step toward selling off two large residential housing properties in Eatontown and Oceanport, in what it (and the governor) says is a response to "an acute need for housing in the Shore region" because of …

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UPDATE: No Permanent Fort Monmouth Housing for Sandy Victims

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Hilton Parker

9:37 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012

How are the people that want out gonna' pay for the foreclosed homes???   more ›

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