Educación
Department of Education Owes Salaries to Teachers In Culebra Who Live In Precarious Working Conditions
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Educators have also not received the promised incentive for teaching classes on the island municipality.
English
LGBTQIA+ Seniors on Their Own to Access Housing
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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.
English
Older LGBTQIA+ People ‘Have to Go Back to the Closet to Be Able to Find Housing’
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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.
English
Public Nuisances or Private Business?
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The sale of the properties, for which the municipalities got ownership and control through forced expropriation to third parties, is not transparent. The expropriation and purchase agreements that Universal Properties drafts on behalf of the municipality with a “purchasing applicant” are not submitted to the Office of the Comptroller.
Educación
Few Housing Options for UPR Students Next Academic Year
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The construction and reconstruction of the university dorms will not be ready by August 2023. Students are forced to work multiple jobs to pay for increasingly expensive apartments, and others must commute from their homes daily. In some cases, they can only study part-time.
