The Puerto Rico Department of Housing is the department responsible for
homeownership,
affordable housing
Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on aff ...
, and community assistance programs in
Puerto Rico. It was created in 1972.
Programs
The agency is tasked with managing HUD funds including for housing under
Section 8 (housing)
Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 (), often called Section 8, as repeatedly amended, authorizes the payment of rental housing assistance to private landlords on behalf of low-income households in the United States. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Ho ...
. The agency also administers Community Development Block Grants (CDBG-DR) used for building housing for those affected by natural disasters.
Secretary
In 2021, governor
Pedro Pierluisi
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico. He has previously served as Secretary of Justice, Resident Commissioner, acting
Secretary of State, i ...
designated William RodrÃguez RodrÃguez as the new secretary of the department.
See also
Public housing in Puerto Rico
References
Executive departments of the government of Puerto Rico
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