An average of 14 families lose homes every day to foreclosure in Puerto Rico, more than double the rate a decade ago as the island faces a real-estate crash worse than the one that sparked the Great Recession on the U.S. mainland.
News Story (Puerto Rico)
Associated Press (AP)
June 21, 2017
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Tags: Housing: Foreclosure
Organizations mentioned/involved: Legal Assistance Clinic of the University of Puerto Rico
News Story (Puerto Rico)
Associated Press (AP)
June 21, 2017
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
Tags: Housing: Foreclosure
Organizations mentioned/involved: Legal Assistance Clinic of the University of Puerto Rico
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Families across Puerto Rico are moving in with relatives, becoming homeless or simply fleeing to the U.S. mainland with destroyed credit records as the island’s government struggles to restructure a portion of its $73 billion public debt and help the economy emerge from a decade-long recession.
“It’s the crisis no one is talking about,” said Ricardo Ramos, a professor at the Legal Assistance Clinic of the University of Puerto Rico. “This has so, so many consequences.”