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Monmouth U. Sandy Tracking Poll: Displaced Residents Dissatisfied
The Monmouth University Polling Institute today released the results from a tracking panel of New Jersey residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy for at least one month. Few of these families feel like they are close to full recovery and most feel that the state’s rebuilding efforts have overlooked them, the poll reports.
Few of those who were hit hardest by Sandy feel they have returned to their pre-storm living conditions. Only 10% of those surveyed say they have fully recovered – including just 18% who are back in their homes and 3% who remain displaced from their pre-Sandy home. [Note: some of those who are still “displaced” have decided to permanently relocate.] By contrast, a statewide poll conducted by Monmouth University in September found that the vast majority of all New Jersey residents (76%) said their families have fully recovered from the storm. (PolitickerNJ Staff/PolitickerNJ)
