By Vanessa Colón-AlmenasCenter for Investigative Journalism Of the $20.2 billion recovery funds allocation granted after Hurricane María through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program (CDBG-DR), Puerto Rico has been approved to use only 16%, or, $3.2 billion. Of the money available, the government had used a mere 2%, as of June 30, the […]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the disbursement of $5.4 million in CARES Act funding to help low income families during the coronavirus pandemic. The assignment is part of a global disbursement of $472 million in funding that can be used by public housing authorities to help families assisted by Housing Choice […]
Puerto Rico-based nonprofit organization Solo Por Hoy Inc. has received a $125,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as part of a $40 million assignment from the agency to fair housing organizations working to confront violations of the nation’s landmark Fair Housing Act and help end housing discrimination. The grants are […]
Puerto Rico has been assigned $277.8 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, pushing to $20.2 million the island has received in long-term disaster recovery support. The agency announced the allocation of more than $2.3 billion to support hard-hit areas in 15 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and […]
The Puerto Rico Housing Department announced the start of the Municipal Revitalization Program that has allocated $39 million to create a plan that will lead to the development of more resilient communities in Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities. Housing Secretary Fernando Gil-Enseñat said “through this program, direct funds will be allocated to all municipalities to develop […]
By Jeniffer Wiscovitch-PadillaCenter for Investigative Journalism The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of the Inspector General (HUD’s OIG) confirmed it is auditing the Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG–DR) Program funds granted to Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and María. HUD Spokesman Darryl Madden told the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, for […]
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson met with Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló at HUD Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to discuss the status of Puerto Rico’s rebuilding efforts following the 2017 hurricanes. During the 30-minute meeting, Carson was joined by Acting Deputy Secretary Brian Montgomery, who oversees the disaster recovery program at […]
During the past few months a narrative has taken hold, on both sides of the political spectrum, that Puerto Rico is “using federal disaster relief funds to pay bondholders.”
The supplemental funding will help PHAs support existing and new families in the Housing Choice Voucher program who live in or around disaster areas, the agency stated.
The signing of the grant agreement now paves the way to speed recovery dollars needed to restore damaged and destroyed homes, businesses and infrastructure.
Puerto Rico’s essential infrastructure is largely repaired following last year’s Hurricanes Irma and María.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the allocation of $151.5 million in annual funding to the housing authority in Puerto to help make needed capital improvements to the agency’s properties.
For the third time since Hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federal Housing Administration announced it is extending its foreclosure moratorium to borrowers with FHA-insured mortgages.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a record $18.5 billion to support long-term disaster recovery in Puerto Rico following Hurricane María.
A number of U.S. lawmakers sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requesting a 90-day extension of the foreclosure moratorium in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ahead of the current March 19 deadline.
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