Posted on 06/05/2018 9:10:49 AM PDT by cll
With the Transitional Shelter Assistance program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency concluding by the end of the month, about 656 applicants in Florida will have to decide whether they will stay and look for housing on their own or return to Puerto Rico.
The TSA program ends June 30. With this in mind, the governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares, visited Central Florida to address the situation with displaced Puerto Ricans in the Sunshine State and to offer relocation options for them to return to the island.
"We would like everyone to return to Puerto Rico. There is only 1 percent without power. Reconstruction funds will reach Puerto Rico, and that will help us improve housing, roads and education. But that is your own decision and we want to make sure that you have the best resources to make the wisest decision, whether it is staying or returning”, Rosselló said.
During the orientation that took place Saturday at Calvario City Church in Orlando Rosselló Nevares was accompanied by Justo "Tito" Hernández, federal coordinating officer for FEMA and the agency’s second in command in Puerto Rico; the Puerto Rico Department of Housing; the secretary of the Department of Public Safety, Héctor Pesquera and the regional director for the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration office in Orladno, Ilia Torres.
The informational meeting was mainly aimed at those who wish to return to the island once the federal program that has provided them with hotel vouchers to live temporarily in hotels is completed.
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* Good riddance! * Puerto Ricans are Democrats! * Puerto Ricans are no net profit for the feds! * Return them and the whole island to Spain! * It's their own fault their island got devastated!
I am in total agreement.
He ain’t alone.
How are things coming along from your perspective?
Maybe he should ask for people that will turn it into a money rich paradise instead
The point is, the curse of being a Commonwealth is that it’s too easy the flee the island when adversity hits, the productive class leaves, leaving the rest behind to fend for themselves.
He could try what Vermont’s doing: bribe them.
I’d say most things are near normal now. We know that the electrical grid is still weak while repairs are completed. basically, the backup transmission lines are not fully up yet so if we lose the main ones, hello blackouts, as we’ve had quite a few times already.
On an emotional level, I’d say most people are dreading the new hurricane season, and are waiting it out to see what happens and then make more permanent decisions.
Me, personally, I just got my wife, stepdaughter and grandson back after 8 months with relatives in FL.
Do you live on the island? I have been looking online at condos for sale there. Seems like the time to buy.
Instead of the welfare queen state that it’s been since it became a territory?
This may oversimplify things, and I may be showing ignorance, but, with so much reconstruction work going on, are they plentiful job opportunities for those who are returning? Just thinking that residents or former residents hopefully are filling the jobs as the island recovers.
Our unemployment rate just dipped below double digits for the first time in many years, so you have the right idea of what’s going on.
Yes, I live in San Juan, and yes, it’s been a buyers market for some time now. Only thing, the local Supreme Court ruled that condos subject to homeowner association restrictions, cannot be used for things like AirBnB and other short-term rentals. So, if you were thinking about an investment like that, better find a single-family home, which have no restrictions for the most part.
So do I...
I don’t understand PR. On my first visit there, I fell in love....with the climate, with our wonderful tour guide and other people we encountered, with the culture, with the island’s beauty. It’s part of the US. Why, oh why, don’t they set up over-55 developments of nice townhomes for US citizens, completely secure and well run? Think of all the revenue that us Seniors bringing in $25,000 a year or more who could afford to pay cash for a $150,000 (or so) town home would bring in. It would be a win-win situation. An enclave like that wouldn’t add much to island expenses, would generate jobs and stimulate local economies, and if it’s well-set up and thought out, would mostly stay within the confines of the development.
There’s a battle over short term rentals going on here in Mizzou.
One of our dimwit state Representatives has introduced a bill to prevent individuals from renting out apartments or cabins without fire and safety inspection and listing by a central agency...
There’s no problem with the people. It’s the local government that is the problem, since it is dominated by Democrats of a particularly socialist, anti-capitalist stripe.
The government employee’s unions are very powerful (SEIU is all over the place) and most of the place’s governing class learned their “skills” from their long connection with New York City, a bloated and inefficient and corrupt bureaucracy if ever there was one.
Puerto Rico could be a great place, since it is beautiful, has fine beaches, the capacity to produce odd but valuable tropical crops (such as vanilla) and could function as the US business gateway to the Caribbean. But with the way it’s run, none of this matters, and I don’t blame Puerto Ricans for not wanting to return.
We don’t need PR. Cut it loose.
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