“I’m still here because I can’t afford to leave," said Tammy
Yingling, whose family has been staying in a Tinton Falls hotel after
losing her Sea Bright home to Sandy. “Places are too expensive. I don’t
think anyone realizes just how hard it is to find a place I can afford
that’s right for my family.”
Their hotel stays are funded by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency through a program called transitional sheltering assistance,
which is given directly to participating hotels and can be renewed every
two weeks at the state’s request. The current wave of that fund is set
to run out Jan. 25.
So far, $17 million has been spent in New Jersey for hotel assistance, according to FEMA.
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