The state Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee recently passed legislation sponsored by Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. of the 9th District to require New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs to resume the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) program. This program provided grant funding assistance to eligible homeowners to help repair a primary residence damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

According to Amato’s office, the bill directs the DCA, where sufficient uncommitted funds remain, to accept grant…