CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
Five years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria damaged over 725,000 homes, Puerto Rico’s housing situation has grown more precarious, with prices up 22% since 2018. We review CNE’s research on FEMA relief, neighborhood change, displacement and short-term rentals.
We analyze FEMA Individual Assistance data after Hurricane Maria. Poor households were not underserved overall, but they were left with greater unmet housing needs, and those without clear land tenure struggled to access aid.
Using the San Juan Metropolitan Area as a case study, this Lincoln Institute working paper measures how neighborhood change relates to Hurricane Maria’s impacts and the geography of opportunity, to guide where reconstruction spending should go.
In testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, we document how FEMA and HUD delayed Hurricane Maria aid to Puerto Rico through unprecedented conditions and reviews. Whatever the intent, the effects were discriminatory.
Una herramienta interactiva con datos por municipio sobre los daños a la vivienda causados por los huracanes Irma y María y sobre las inversiones de reconstrucción de programas federales y locales, que muestra las necesidades de vivienda pendientes en Puerto Rico.
An interactive tool with municipal-level data on housing damage from Hurricanes Irma and María and on reconstruction investments by federal and local programs, showing pending housing needs across Puerto Rico.
La economía de Puerto Rico se recupera de tres golpes simultáneos: la pandemia del COVID-19, los daños de los huracanes Irma y María y una reestructuración de la deuda que entra en su fase final. Analizamos los riesgos de cada uno y cómo se relacionan entre sí.
Puerto Rico’s economy is recovering from three simultaneous shocks: the COVID-19 pandemic, the damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and a debt restructuring entering its final phase. We break down the risks of each and how they interact.
