New Jersey & New York Coast: flood risk & verified mitigation contractors
Post-Sandy house-raising country, where an entire elevation industry grew out of the 2012 rebuild.
New Jersey policyholders have received about $5.27B on 160,169 NFIP claims (roughly $4B of it on 68,000+ claims from Sandy in 2012 alone); FEMA has funded mitigation on 8,680 New Jersey properties ($69.1M). Hurricane Sandy made the New Jersey and New York shorelines the Northeast’s deepest concentration of home-elevation contractors. New Jersey pays licensed Home Improvement Contractors (a 13VH registration); the state RREM program funded elevations up to $150,000 per home in the nine hardest-hit counties.
Where it floods, and why
New Jersey Shore (Ocean & Monmouth)
Ground zero for Sandy and for the RREM elevation program, from Toms River and Brick to Long Beach Island and the Bayshore. Barrier-island and lagoon homes here are routinely lifted onto new pilings, so the region has one of the deepest benches of experienced house-raising contractors in the country.
Staten Island & NYC coast
The Staten Island East Shore (Midland Beach, Oakwood Beach) and the Rockaways took catastrophic Sandy surge; NY Rising and buyout/elevation programs reshaped whole blocks. Elevation and floodproofing demand persists across the city’s low-lying coastal edges.
Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk)
The South Shore, from Long Beach and Freeport to Babylon and Lindenhurst, floods from bay surge and tidal action. NY Rising funded thousands of raises here; Nassau and Suffolk license home-improvement contractors at the county level.
13 verified providers serving New Jersey & New York Coast
Each cleared at least two independent sources. No paid placement.
How much does it cost to raise a house in New Jersey Shore?
Home elevation runs about $20,000 to $80,000 for a typical project nationally, and $150,000 or more for complex or coastal work. Local ground conditions, foundation type and required height drive the number, so treat this as a range to check against a local quote, not a price.
Who can lift a house in New Jersey & New York Coast?
We list 10 house-lifting or structural-moving firms serving New Jersey & New York Coast, each confirmed against at least two independent sources. We are not affiliated with any of them and nobody pays to be listed.
Will FEMA pay to elevate my house in New Jersey & New York Coast?
FEMA grants (FMA and HMGP) typically cover 75% of eligible cost, rising to 90% for repetitive-loss and up to 100% for severe-repetitive-loss properties. You apply through your community or state, not directly to FEMA, and funding is competitive rather than guaranteed.
Flood-risk figures are drawn from FEMA’s National Risk Index and NFIP datasets and reflect the most recent data we could source; verify current status at fema.gov before relying on a number for a financial or legal decision.