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 […]
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