Seeking Stability, Port Monmouth Family Lifts House 8 Feet Above Ground
Michele Pitzer has given up waiting for federal grant money and is moving forward to bring her family back home.
JERSEY SHORE -- Michele Pitzer realizes her family's newly elevated house looks awkward in the context of her Port Monmouth neighborhood. But being without a permanent home since Oct. 29 has taken too high a toll on her family. She is determined to bring her two young children back to the only home they have ever known -- back to a more stable environment -- and is not willing to wait months or even years to get a financial contribution from the government to do so. "Everybody has comments and opinions about what I'm doing," she said, referring to things she's heard about on Facebook. "Other survivors have asked me in the FEMA office, 'Why did you move forward on this?' My answer to them is, 'I'm just trying to do the right thing by my …
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8:02 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
The first thing everyone in this situation has to do is notify the township and the County that their home was damaged/destroyed and not livable___so they are not paying the dwelling portions of their real estate tax bills until thier property is repaired and again livable.. The only way the townships officials to wake up and move is when you hit them in the pockets. more ›