Housing

Cataño’s Municipal Legislature approved a measure allowing its mayor to begin the expropriation process for eight properties, even though residents of the La Puntilla sector were not consulted. Many are also worried because their homes appear under other people’s names in public records.

For decades, complaints for environmental violations and criminal accusations filed against members of the Abreu Valentín family or their corporations have had no consequences in Puerto Rico's administrative or judicial forums.

In the absence of protection and a safe home, and the discrimination aggravated by factors such as religious ideologies, the Waves Ahead organization is developing housing projects aimed at these populations while bills to amend local laws are in limbo.

An investigation by Puerto Rico's Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and El Nuevo Día identified a pattern of discrimination against these populations in long-term care centers and elderly homes due, in part, to the lack of professional training and guidance from the Family and Housing departments.

In Aguadilla’s Residencial José A. Aponte public housing project everything is uncertain. While the Public Housing Administration (AVP, in Spanish) has it on its list for possible demolition because it is in a flood prone zone, residents are unaware of the details or where they will live. Ana María Esteves, who has lived in this […]

SAN JUAN – Reverse mortgages are failing at nearly double the U.S. national average in Puerto Rico, a problem magnified on the island by sliding property values, lenders’ responses after natural disasters and unique challenges ranging from spotty mail service to the lack of some loan materials in Spanish. Across the United States, the loans – which allow seniors to draw down equity in their homes – are falling […]