The Secretary of the Department of Living, William Rodríguez, met with the cameral president, Rafael “Tatito” Hernández, to discuss situations affecting municipalities, such as the lack of liquidity to deliver projects and requisites of certification.
“There is an important compromise between the President of the Chamber of Deputies that will be of great help to the program and the execution, while giving to the municipalities of this certification or that it can certify against that party that it has been with the funds of Vivienda. I believe that it largely helps the municipalities and can execute them. This idea of the president is exceptional ”, Rodríguez wrote in a written communication.
The Public Funds Taxation Commission, chaired by the representative Ángel Fourquet Cordero, conducted a public visit at the end of Estlecer the procedures and structures necessary to monitor, follow up and carry out continuous fundraising programs on the agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations and municipalities of the Free State Association of Puerto Rico.
All of Puerto Rico enjoys the most transparent and agile processes to ensure the availability and use of all federal programs and resources. Debe quedar en el pasade la mal utilization and la tardanza exessiva que abona a la constante desconfianza del Puerto Rico en sus institutions. Ante esto, la Cámara de Representantes entiende urgente velar por el buen uso y manejo los recursos, herramientas, programs et fondos fondassassados a nuursra jurisdiction ”, explained the President of the Commission, Fourquet Cordero in written communication.
The Secretary of State for the Living Department, William Rodríguez Rodríguez, Accompanied by the Subscriber of the CDBG-DR Program, Maretzie Díaz; and Samir El Hage, socio of the Horne LLP Company.
On 26 February, the Secretary of the Department of Living, on the occasion of the opportunity to communicate with the new administration of the Department of Living and Urban Development of the United States (HUD, by its seals in English) to discuss critical priorities and needs agency.
Asimismo, solicito agilize the December fundraising fundraiser in the Bloc by the Disarroll Community for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), receiving the response that Puerto Rico will increase access to $ 20 billion for recovery.
“There is a complicated truck to keep access to these funds, restrictive lines and treatable by the federal government. It is not until 2019, with a lot of exchange and work on the part of the Department, evaluation and evaluation, which will be the first grant agreement to be able to start designing programs to eventually execute the differences. Here it is worth 1.5 billion dollars, ”said the secretary of the Vivienda Department.
During the first month, the Department of Living establishes a work team for municipal assistants, designated exclusively to attend the needs of one of the 78 municipalities. Equally, established work teams are dedicated to attending federal entities and enforcing the proposed work by their work team.
It is hoped that the Department of Living will conduct an extension process that will depend on external entities such as the Fiscal Control Junction and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of HUD, an additional supervisory authority created by HUD specifically for Puerto Rico, to obtain access to fundraising events futures.
On the other hand, the Department of Living separates a share of $ 50 million from state funding allocated to the region’s most affected municipalities for the demolition of structures and mediating the approval of the Fiscal Control Board (FOMB, by its seals in Engels) the reconstruction and repair of properties. In addition, Vivienda is meeting with HUD to discuss the requirements of a $ 36.4 million allocation to attend the disaster area provoked by the 2020 earthquakes.
The Action Plan will be issued on the 9th of August 2021, Vivienda will meet with the affected municipalities to start the Plan redaction process, in particular with the municipalities of Guayanilla, Guánica, Yauco and Ponce, which were declared by HUD as the most affected and needed zones. “A voucher is available from the CDBG-MIT (mitigation) funds.
For his part, the representative Lydia Méndez emphasized in the needs of the people of the area. “The Chamber of Representatives is chairing the Total Commission of the People of Puerto Rico in order to address the needs that exist in this country,” said Méndez.
Asimismo, the secretary of Vivienda mentions that the first immediate recourse is that the alcaldes use the maximum of $ 50 million, and the second that the Mitigación fund reads the grant agreement to attend the problem as soon as possible. “These are the intermediate mechanisms that we need to inject funds into the area on and wait for the problem that is most likely to occur,” he said.
“Since I read it, I’ve given up on the tariff that the old men have access to firmly agree. All programs have been expanded and the existing ones have been compromised, ”said the secretary of the Department of Living.
For another fee, the Department of Living is with a company called Horne LLP contracted for $ 122 million over three years. This company is assisting with the management of federal funds. “Vivienda has its evaluation and determination that requires the contract of a company that can assist the Department of Vivienda to increase capacity for the management of federal funds. Clearly, for May 2019 we will be contracted by Vivienda ”, explained the company of the Horne LLP company.