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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/10/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 10 - Housing Research Board—Creation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 10 - Housing Research Board—Creation
There is hereby created a Board composed of seven (7) members which shall be known as “Housing Research Board”, hereinafter designated as “the Board”. History —Sept. 28, 1954, No. 2, p. 30, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/11/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 11 - Housing Research Board—Functions of Board
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 11 - Housing Research Board—Functions of Board
The Board shall initiate and carry out surveys, researches, experiments, tests and demonstrations of a financial, technical and social character, and shall, by means of an annual report and other reports, place the results thereof at the disposal of public and private agencies, for their use. In conducting its activiti...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/12/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 12 - Housing Research Board—Organization of Board
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 12 - Housing Research Board—Organization of Board
(a) The Governor shall appoint the seven (7) members of the Board and shall designate its chairman. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation. The term of office of each member shall be four (4) years, except that for the first appointment four (4) members shall be appointed for two (2) years; succeedin...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/13/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 13 - Housing Research Board—Resources of Board
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 13 - Housing Research Board—Resources of Board
(a) For meeting the necessary operating expenses of the Board, there is hereby created the Puerto Rico Housing Research Board Fund, into which shall be covered all unexpended funds, items and balances of the appropriations of the Model Housing Board, and such annual appropriations as are made to the Board. (b) All prop...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-1/14/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14)›§ 14 - Housing Research Board—Power to condemn
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 1 - Cooperation and Encouragement of Housing Activities (§§ 1 — 14) › § 14 - Housing Research Board—Power to condemn
The Board shall have the right to acquire, through eminent domain proceedings, any real property or easements of any kind therein deemed by it necessary for the purposes of §§ 10—14 of this title, after adopting a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property or easements therein described are necessar...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/25/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 25 - Repealed. Act Aug. 11, 2011, No. 180, § 1, effective Aug. 11, 2011
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 25 - Repealed. Act Aug. 11, 2011, No. 180, § 1, effective Aug. 11, 2011
History Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/26/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 26 - Repealed
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 26 - Repealed
History —June 22, 1971, No. 56, p. 185, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 1, 1971; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27aa/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27aa - Liquidation of assets of Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27aa - Liquidation of assets of Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation
The Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation Accounts Liquidation Office is hereby dissolved and the transfer of all its assets to the Department of Housing is hereby directed, effective June 30, 1998. With regard to the disposal of the real and personal property thus transferred, the Secretary of the Department of Housin...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27bb/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27bb - Liquidation and transfer to Department of Housing
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27bb - Liquidation and transfer to Department of Housing
The Registrars of the Property Registry are hereby directed to recognize as transferred all the real properties belonging to the Office or the extinct Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation of Puerto Rico, to the Department of Housing and its attached agencies. All real property that on the effective date of this act ap...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27cc/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27cc - Transfer of cash
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27cc - Transfer of cash
The cash maintained by the Office in its bank accounts, after liquidating the payments to the employees to June 30, 1998, as well as the total product of the assets assumed to said date and that of the CRUV mortgages, shall be transferred to the Department of Housing for the development of affordable housing after the ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27dd/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27dd - Dissolve of Office
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27dd - Dissolve of Office
The Office shall be dissolved as of June 30, 1998, without the need for any other measure nor the granting of a deed or any other additional document. The documents, assets and liabilities held by the Office on the effective date of this act shall be transferred as provided in §§ 27aa et seq. of this title, being it cl...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27ee/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27ee - Transition Committee
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27ee - Transition Committee
For the purpose of the transfer provided herein, the constitution of a Transition Committee is hereby directed, which shall be composed of the Special Receiver and those person he/she may appoint, if deemed necessary, as well as by the personnel of the Department of Housing designated by the Secretary of Housing. The T...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27ff/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27ff - Report of Special Receiver
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27ff - Report of Special Receiver
The Special Receiver shall submit to the Governor, to each Body of the Legislature, and to the Department of Housing, a special report containing all measures, transactions, business, financial activity of whatever nature; including inventories of the properties with the current status thereof and all descriptive and f...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27gg/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27gg - Support of the Department of Justice
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27gg - Support of the Department of Justice
Pursuant to § 27k of this title, the Department of Justice is hereby directed to offer the needed support, by petition of the Secretary of Housing, in the cases or litigation pending against the extinct CRUV or the Office. The Department of Housing shall have the same rights and powers, except the capacity to sue and b...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27hh/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27hh - Recruiting of indispensable employees
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27hh - Recruiting of indispensable employees
The Secretary of the Department of Housing is hereby authorized to modify and create those regular positions he deems are needed to adequately deal with the responsibilities delegated by this chapter, using the classification and retribution plans of the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation Accounts Liquidation Office...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27ii/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27ii - Creation of a special registry
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27ii - Creation of a special registry
The Central Personnel Administration Office is hereby directed to create a special registry of preference, by classification, of the employees affected by the closing of the Office, who held permanent positions at the time it was dissolved. Said registry shall be circulated among the departments, agencies, instrumental...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2/27jj/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj)›§ 27jj - Accreditation of time worked to Retirement System
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2 - Urban Renewal and Housing (§§ 21 — 27jj) › § 27jj - Accreditation of time worked to Retirement System
The Administrator of the Retirement Systems of the Government of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to credit to the regular employees of the Office, the period of time they worked at the Office to the public retirement systems, provided the employee concerned pays to the Retirement System for the period of time to be cr...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2a/28/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d)›§ 28 - Minimal urbanization projects; transfer
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d) › § 28 - Minimal urbanization projects; transfer
The Office of the Trustee for the Liquidation of the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation is hereby ordered to transfer to the Housing Development and Improvements Administration all Minimal Urbanization (UM, Spanish acronym) projects, so that the latter may grant title deeds according to the requirements, legal crite...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2a/28a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d)›§ 28a - Public areas and utilities
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d) › § 28a - Public areas and utilities
When-title deed has been granted to all of the project’s residents, all areas and utilities destined for public use such as parks, recreational facilities, streets, sidewalks and pluvial and electrical energy systems, if not previously transferred to some agency, department, office or public corporation of the Governme...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2a/28b/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d)›§ 28b - Remaining lots not constituted
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d) › § 28b - Remaining lots not constituted
The remaining lots not constituted as such, shall remain under the authority of the Office of the Trustee for the Liquidation of the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation. History —Aug. 3, 1995, No. 106, § 3.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2a/28c/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d)›§ 28c - Lots constituted, vacant dwellings, etc
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d) › § 28c - Lots constituted, vacant dwellings, etc
Those projects containing lots constituted as such or vacant dwellings, lots awarded but abandoned, and residents who do not possess a title deed, shall be transferred to the Housing Development and Improvements Administration so that the latter may proceed according to the provisions of this chapter. History —Aug. 3, ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-2a/28d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d)›§ 28d - Revenue obtained from the disposition of projects
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 2A - Minimal Urbanization Projects; Transfer (§§ 28 — 28d) › § 28d - Revenue obtained from the disposition of projects
Any revenue obtained from the disposition of the minimal urbanization projects shall be distributed as follows: (a) Seventy percent (70%) to the Office of the Trustee for the Liquidation of the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation. (b) Thirty percent (30%) to the Housing Development and Improvements Administration. Hi...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/31/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 31 - Housing Authorities law—Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 31 - Housing Authorities law—Short title
Sections 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title may be referred to as the “Housing Authorities Law”. History —May 6, 1938, No. 126, p. 253, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/32/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 32 - Housing Authorities law—Declaration of public necessity
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 32 - Housing Authorities law—Declaration of public necessity
It is hereby declared: (a) That there exist in Puerto Rico insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within Puerto Rico there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which person...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/33/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 33 - Housing Authorities law—Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 33 - Housing Authorities law—Definitions
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (a) Authority or Housing Authority. — Shall mean any of the public corporations created by § 34 of this title. (b) Municip...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/34/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 34 - Housing Authorities law—Creation of Puerto Rico Housing Authority; Municipal Housing Authorit...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 34 - Housing Authorities law—Creation of Puerto Rico Housing Authority; Municipal Housing Authority
There is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the Puerto Rico Housing Authority. There is also hereby created in each municipality of Puerto Rico a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “Municipal Housing Authority”; Provided, however, That a housing authority of a municipali...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/35/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 35 - Housing Authorities law—Composition and organization of authorities; dissolution
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 35 - Housing Authorities law—Composition and organization of authorities; dissolution
The Puerto Rico Housing Authority shall consist of five commissioners appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than three of the commissioners shall belong to the same political party. When the governing body of a municipality adopts a resolution as provided in the pr...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/36/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 36 - Housing Authorities law—Adverse interest of officials and employees
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 36 - Housing Authorities law—Adverse interest of officials and employees
No commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest direct or indirect in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest direct or indirect in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/37/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 37 - Housing Authorities law—Removal of commissioner
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 37 - Housing Authorities law—Removal of commissioner
For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the Governor of Puerto Rico, or in the case of an authority for a municipality, by the mayor of said municipality, but a commissioner shall be removed only after he shall have been given a copy of the charges a...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/38/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 38 - Housing Authorities law—Powers of authorities
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 38 - Housing Authorities law—Powers of authorities
The authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title, including the following powers in addition to othe...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/38a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 38a - Housing Authorities law—Loans to cover expenses of securing federal financing
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 38a - Housing Authorities law—Loans to cover expenses of securing federal financing
The Puerto Rico Housing Authority and the Housing Authorities of the Capital, Mayaguez and Ponce are hereby empowered to advance to families eligible for loans secured by the Federal Housing Administration under §§ 220 and 221 of the Federal Housing Act, or for acquiring and financing dwellings by virtue of any governm...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/39/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 39 - Housing Authorities law—Rural housing
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 39 - Housing Authorities law—Rural housing
The housing authorities which have rural areas under their jurisdiction may undertake the provision of housing for families of low income in such rural areas, and may comply with any conditions, not inconsistent with the purposes of §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title, required by the federal government pursuant to fe...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/40/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 40 - Housing Authorities law—Efficient management to produce low rentals
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 40 - Housing Authorities law—Efficient management to produce low rentals
It is hereby declared to be the policy of Puerto Rico that each authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations, a...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/41/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 41 - Housing Authorities law—Rentals and tenant selections
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 41 - Housing Authorities law—Rentals and tenant selections
In the operation or management of housing projects the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation of Puerto Rico shall at all times comply with the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (a) It may rent or lease its dwelling accommodations only to persons of low income and at rentals within the finan...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/42/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 42 - Housing Authorities law—Cooperation among authorities
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 42 - Housing Authorities law—Cooperation among authorities
Any two or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all of the powers conferred hereby for the purpose of financing, planning, undertaking, constructing or operating a housing project or projects located within the area of operation of any one or more of said authorities. Histor...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-3/43/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 43 - Housing Authorities law—Power of eminent domain; condemnation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 43 - Housing Authorities law—Power of eminent domain; condemnation
Any authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property or easement of any kind on same which it may deem necessary for its purposes under §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real prope...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 44 - Housing Authorities law—Housing projects subject to local laws
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 44 - Housing Authorities law—Housing projects subject to local laws
All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated. In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority shall take into consideration the relationship of t...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 45 - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; type authorized; not public indebtedness
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 45 - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; type authorized; not public indebtedness
An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including,...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 45a - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; warranty of payment; limitation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 45a - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; warranty of payment; limitation
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico hereby guarantees payment of the principal of and interest on bonds in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $325,000,000 issued or to be issued by the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation for any of the authorized purposes vested in it by law. The Corporation is hereby authorized...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 45b - Housing Authorities law—Report to Legislature
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 45b - Housing Authorities law—Report to Legislature
The Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation for Puerto Rico shall render to the Legislature at the beginning of each Regular Session a detailed report of the works developed by said Corporation chargeable to the funds obtained from the bonds issued by said Corporation through authorization of § 45a of this title. The rep...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 46 - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; interest; denominations; sale
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 46 - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; interest; denominations; sale
Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 47 - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; powers to secure payment
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 47 - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; powers to secure payment
In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have power: (a) To pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees or revenues to which its right then exists...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 48 - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; submission to Secretary of Justice
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 48 - Housing Authorities law—Bonds; submission to Secretary of Justice
An authority may submit to the Secretary of Justice any bonds to be issued hereunder after all proceedings for the issuance of such bonds have been taken. Upon submission of such proceedings to the Secretary of Justice, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Justice to examine into and pass upon the validity of such ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 49 - Housing Authorities law—Actions against authority
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 49 - Housing Authorities law—Actions against authority
An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: (a) By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to compel said authority and the commissioners, officers, agents...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 50 - Housing Authorities law—Remedies of obligees of authority
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 50 - Housing Authorities law—Remedies of obligees of authority
An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defin...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 51 - Housing Authorities law—Property exempt from levy or lien
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 51 - Housing Authorities law—Property exempt from levy or lien
All property, including funds, of an authority shall be exempt from any kind of judicial process including, without limitations, attachment, levy, foreclosure, and sale by virtue of an attachment or foreclosure, and no judgment shall be a lien or charge on its property or funds, neither shall any authority be required ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 52 - Housing Authorities law—Additional powers of authority
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 52 - Housing Authorities law—Additional powers of authority
In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project within its area of operation, to tak...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 53 - Housing Authorities law—Exemption from taxes, fees, excises, etc
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 53 - Housing Authorities law—Exemption from taxes, fees, excises, etc
The property of an authority is hereby declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property and authority and all the securities, titles, rights, and obligations of such authority shall be exempt from all taxes or special imposts and from all fees and excises of whatever ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 53a - Housing Authorities law—Exemption of construction materials and equipment
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 53a - Housing Authorities law—Exemption of construction materials and equipment
There shall be exempt from the payment of Commonwealth excise taxes, construction materials and equipment introduced or acquired locally by all those persons or entities who may develop or construct housing units to be occupied by families eligible to receive interest or rent subsidy benefits provided by any program au...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 54 - Housing Authorities law—Funds for housing projects
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 54 - Housing Authorities law—Funds for housing projects
For the purpose of providing funds for the development of low-rent housing projects, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to deliver to the Puerto Rico Housing Authority the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) separated for the year 1943-44 and the additional sum of five hundred thousand dollars...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 55 - Housing Authorities law—Report to Governor
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 55 - Housing Authorities law—Report to Governor
At least once a year, every authority shall file with the Governor of Puerto Rico a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purposes of §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this tit...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 56 - Homestead Division properties transferred to Authority
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 56 - Homestead Division properties transferred to Authority
All rights in and to houses, workmen’s settlements, lots, and urban settlements now belonging to the Homestead Division of the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico, created by Act No. 250, approved May 15, 1938, are hereby transferred to the Puerto Rico Housing Authority, created by §§ 31—38, 39—45, 4...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 57 - Homestead Division properties transferred to Authority—Functions, rights, and duties transfer...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 57 - Homestead Division properties transferred to Authority—Functions, rights, and duties transferred
The Puerto Rico Housing Authority shall, on and after the date this act takes effect, have and exercise over said houses, workmen’s settlements, lots, and urban settlements, all the faculties, functions, powers, rights, and duties vested by law in the Homestead Division of the Department of Labor and Human Resources; a...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 58 - Homestead Division properties transferred to Authority—Homestead division dissolved; files tr...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 58 - Homestead Division properties transferred to Authority—Homestead division dissolved; files transferred
All funds, documents, and files of any nature in connection with said houses, workmen’s settlements, lots and urban settlements, in possession of the Homestead Division of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, hereby declared dissolved and without any powers on and after the date this act takes effect, are also ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 59 - Validation of Housing Authorities—Legal entities
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 59 - Validation of Housing Authorities—Legal entities
The creation and establishment of Housing Authorities pursuant to, or purporting to be pursuant to, the provisions of §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title, as amended, together with all proceedings, acts and works undertaken, performed or done with reference thereto (including the appointment of commissioners, officers...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 60 - Validation of Housing Authorities—Contracts, agreements, obligations validated
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 60 - Validation of Housing Authorities—Contracts, agreements, obligations validated
All contracts, agreements, obligations and undertakings of Housing Authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance or operation of any housing or redevelopment projects or to obtaining aid therefor from the federal government, including (without limiting...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 61 - Validation of Housing Authorities—Notes and bonds validated
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 61 - Validation of Housing Authorities—Notes and bonds validated
All proceedings, acts and works heretofore undertaken, performed or done in or for the authorization, issuance, sale, execution and delivery of notes and bonds by Housing Authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the undertaking of a housing or redevelopment project or projects and all notes and bonds heret...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 61a - Validation of Housing Authorities—Bonds, contracts, agreements, commitments, proceedings, ac...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 61a - Validation of Housing Authorities—Bonds, contracts, agreements, commitments, proceedings, actions and works
There are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved and declared lawful for all ends and purposes: (a) The creation and establishment of Housing Authorities pursuant to, or supposedly pursuant to, the provisions of §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title. (b) All bonds, promissory notes and debentures heretofore iss...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 61b - Validation of Housing Authorities—Scope of validation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 61b - Validation of Housing Authorities—Scope of validation
The validation authorized by § 61a of this title shall be effective notwithstanding any lack of statutory authority or any administrative lache or faulty proceeding; Provided, That such validation shall not be construed as applying to any act of misapplication of funds or of misfeasance, whether or not related to the p...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 62 - Road and street maintenance in housing projects
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 62 - Road and street maintenance in housing projects
In the expenses of administration of the Puerto Rico Housing Authority and municipal housing authorities are included the expenses for the repair and maintenance of roads, streets, and alleys within the projects; and in order to keep these operating expenses as low as possible so as to keep the house rent on said proje...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 63 - Rents deposited with internal revenue collectors
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 63 - Rents deposited with internal revenue collectors
The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to receive on deposit, through internal revenue collectors, moneys from the rents of the settlements of the Puerto Rico Housing Authority; Provided, That said deposits shall be made in the offices of the collectors by duly authorized employees ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 64 - Rents deposited with internal revenue collectors—Regulations for receipt of deposits
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 64 - Rents deposited with internal revenue collectors—Regulations for receipt of deposits
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prepare the regulations that may be necessary for the receipts and handling of these deposits and the later transfer of funds to the Puerto Rico Housing Authority. History —May 8, 1942, No. 151, p. 826, § 2.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 65 - Lands of Commonwealth transferred to authorities
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 65 - Lands of Commonwealth transferred to authorities
The Secretary of Public Works is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to transfer or convey to the Puerto Rico Housing Authority or to any municipal housing authority in Puerto Rico created by §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title, without remuneration, any or all of the rights, titles, and interest of the Commonw...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 74 - Minimum facilities for housing projects—Acquisition of land
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 74 - Minimum facilities for housing projects—Acquisition of land
The Puerto Rico Housing Authority is hereby authorized to acquire lands by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise and to develop and construct thereon housing projects provided with a minimum of public services, to accommodate the families which year after year bring an increase in the slums of the Commonwealth; Provided...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 75 - Minimum facilities for housing projects—Approval of plans by Planning Board
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 75 - Minimum facilities for housing projects—Approval of plans by Planning Board
The housing developments for which funds are hereby appropriated shall be planned and developed with minimum facilities subject to the approval of the Planning Board, including streets, sidewalks, public fountains for water supply, electric lighting and sanitary toilet rooms, providing lots with sufficient space for th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77)›§ 76 - Minimum facilities for housing projects—Regulation of transfer of families from slums
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 3 - Housing Authorities (§§ 31 — 77) › § 76 - Minimum facilities for housing projects—Regulation of transfer of families from slums
The Puerto Rico Housing Authority is hereby empowered to regulate the transfer of families from the slums and their admission to projects of this type; it being likewise empowered to procure the issuance of the necessary permits for the construction or transfer of dwellings to said project. History —May 14, 1949, No. 3...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 86 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Declaration of policy
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 86 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Declaration of policy
It is hereby declared that: (a) There exists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico an acute shortage of safe and hygienic dwellings within the financial means of families of moderate income, as hereinafter defined. (b) Because of said shortage of dwellings, many families of moderate income, including those displaced from ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 87 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Sale or lease of dwellings
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 87 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Sale or lease of dwellings
The powers granted by §§ 86—94 of this title to the Corporation to acquire lands and to construct or provide for the construction of dwellings for families of moderate income shall be exercised only on those sites where the Corporation shall find that the conditions described in § 86 of this title prevail and it so dec...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 88 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 88 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Definitions
The following terms when used or referred to in §§ 86—94 of this title shall have respectively the following meanings, unless the context clearly shows a different meaning: (a) Corporation. — Means the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation of Puerto Rico. (b) Families of moderate income. — Means any family of two or mo...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 89 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Acquisition of lands; sale; construction; borrowing;...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 89 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Acquisition of lands; sale; construction; borrowing; general powers
In addition to the powers granted by other laws, and subject to the provisions of §§ 86—94 of this title and to such regulations as may be promulgated, the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized: (a) To acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, those lands to be used for the dev...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 90 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Reasonable rentals and sale prices
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 90 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Reasonable rentals and sale prices
The Corporation shall fix the reasonable rentals and sale prices within the economic possibilities of the families of moderate income. On making the computations for the fixing of said rentals or sale prices, the Corporation shall make sure that said rentals or sale prices, together with any other funds belonging to th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 91 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Mortgage on property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 91 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Mortgage on property
Whenever the Corporation sells a dwelling on a time price, it shall require of the purchaser to constitute a mortgage on the property the object of the purchase-sale contract, to secure the said time price and accrued interest thereon. History —June 26, 1964, No. 82, p. 260, § 6.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-4/92/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 92 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 92 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Regulations
The Corporation shall adopt the necessary regulations, consistent with the purposes of §§ 86—94 of this title, to expedite compliance with the provisions thereof, which regulations shall have the force of law after promulgated by the Governor. Said regulations shall contain, among others, provisions relative to: (1) Th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 93 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Resale
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 93 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Resale
No person who acquires a dwelling in accordance with the provisions of §§ 86—94 of this title may sell or in any way alienate it without the previous consent of the Corporation during the term the latter may prescribe through regulation to that effect. In order to give its consent the Corporation shall take into consid...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-4/94/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 94 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Conditions and restrictions as lien
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 94 - Dwellings for persons of moderate income—Conditions and restrictions as lien
The conditions, restrictions and requirements which the Corporation may by regulation or contract impose upon the purchasers in connection with dwellings for families of moderate income shall constitute a real lien on the property the object of the purchase-sale contract for the period of time it may fix. History —June...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-4/94a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 94a - Resolution of sales contract—Causes
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 94a - Resolution of sales contract—Causes
The Department of Housing, its agencies or attached corporations, or the Puerto Rico Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation’s Accounts Liquidation Office is hereby empowered to file a special uniform procedure before the Court of First Instance for the cancellation of the purchase contract and conveyance of the title de...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 94b - Resolution of sales contract—Initiation of procedures; jurisdiction
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 94b - Resolution of sales contract—Initiation of procedures; jurisdiction
The Department of Housing, its agencies or attached corporations, hereinafter the “Department”, or the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation’s Accounts Liquidation Office, hereinafter, the “Office,” shall file a special procedure for cancellation of the contract or a petition for the conveyance of title before the Cour...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 94c - Resolution of sales contract—Hearing
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 94c - Resolution of sales contract—Hearing
In filing said writ in court, it shall proceed to summon the titleholder of the dwelling, the known creditors, and the Department or the Office, to a hearing to be held within twenty (20) days following the summons, to hear the case. It shall be estimated by pertinent evidence in the hearing, that the dwelling is vacan...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d)›§ 94d - Resolution of sales contract—Case disposition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4 - Program for Housing Construction (§§ 86 — 94d) › § 94d - Resolution of sales contract—Case disposition
Within five (5) days after the hearing is held, if the court deems it proper after hearing the evidence presented, it shall order the cancellation of the purchase contract and the conveyance of the title deed, or the conveyance of the title deed only in those cases that it is pertinent, according to the evidence presen...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-4a/95-95d/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4A - Replacement of Asbestos-Cement Houses (§§ 95-95d — 95c)›§§ 95–95d - Repealed. Act Oct. 31, 2011, No. 214, § 1, effective Act Oct. 31, 2011
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4A - Replacement of Asbestos-Cement Houses (§§ 95-95d — 95c) › §§ 95–95d - Repealed. Act Oct. 31, 2011, No. 214, § 1, effective Act Oct. 31, 2011
History July 1, 1979, No. 125, —July 20, 1979, No. 125, p. 303, § 1, retroactive to July 1, 1979; Repealed. Act.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4A - Replacement of Asbestos-Cement Houses (§§ 95-95d — 95c)›§ 95b - Replacement begun by owner [Repealed]
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4A - Replacement of Asbestos-Cement Houses (§§ 95-95d — 95c) › § 95b - Replacement begun by owner [Repealed]
History —July 20, 1979, No. 125, p. 303, § 3, retroactive to July 1, 1979; Repealed. Act.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 4A - Replacement of Asbestos-Cement Houses (§§ 95-95d — 95c)›§ 95c - Remission of mortgage lien [Repealed]
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 4A - Replacement of Asbestos-Cement Houses (§§ 95-95d — 95c) › § 95c - Remission of mortgage lien [Repealed]
History —July 20, 1979, No. 125, p. 303, § 4, retroactive to July 1, 1979; Repealed. Act.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-5/101/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 101 - Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 101 - Short title
Sections 101—119 of this title may be referred to as the “Redevelopment and Housing Law”. History —May 9, 1947, No. 97, p. 226, § 13.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-5/102/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 102 - Declaration of purpose
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 102 - Declaration of purpose
It is hereby found and declared: (a) That there exist in many communities within Puerto Rico blighted areas (as defined herein) or areas in the process of becoming blighted; (b) that such areas impair economic values and tax revenues; that such areas cause an increase in and spread of diseases and crime and constitute ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-5/103/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 103 - Redevelopment powers of authorities
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 103 - Redevelopment powers of authorities
Any housing authority now or hereafter established pursuant to §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title, and any amendments thereto, may carry out any work or undertaking (hereafter called a “redevelopment project”): (1) To acquire blighted areas, which are hereby defined as areas (including slum areas) with buildings or i...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-5/104/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 104 - General powers of authorities
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 104 - General powers of authorities
In undertaking such redevelopment projects a housing authority shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that such authority has under §§ 31—38, 39—45, 46—55 of this title, and any amendments thereto, and any other provision of law relating to slum clearance and housing projects for persons of low i...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-5/105/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 105 - Approval of redevelopment plan
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 105 - Approval of redevelopment plan
An authority shall not initiate any redevelopment project under §§ 101—119 of this title until the Puerto Rico Planning Board has approved a plan (herein called the “redevelopment plan”) which provides an outline for the development or redevelopment of said area and is sufficiently complete (1) to indicate its relation...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 106 - Land available for private and public use; convenants
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 106 - Land available for private and public use; convenants
With the approval of the Puerto Rico Planning Board the Authority may make land in a redevelopment project available for use by private enterprises or public agencies in accordance with the redevelopment plan. Such land may be made available at its use value, which represents the value (whether expressed in terms of re...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-5/107/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 107 - Tax status of leased property
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 107 - Tax status of leased property
Any property which the Authority leases to private individuals or corporations for development under a redevelopment plan shall have the same tax status as if such leased property were owned by such private individuals or corporations. History —May 9, 1947, No. 97, p. 226, § 6.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-seventeen/chapter-5/108/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 108 - Financial powers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 108 - Financial powers
An authority may borrow money or accept contributions from the federal government to assist in its undertaking redevelopment projects. An Authority may do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure such financial aid (including obligating itself in any contract with the federal government for annual contributi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 109 - Bonds as legal investments
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 109 - Bonds as legal investments
Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority in connection with a redevelopment project pursuant to §§ 101—119 of this title shall be legal investments to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, and other bodies and officers as other obligations issued pursuant to...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 110 - Supplemental powers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 110 - Supplemental powers
The powers conferred by §§ 101—119 of this title shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. History —May 9, 1947, No. 97, p. 226, § 9.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 111 - Compliance with other laws
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 111 - Compliance with other laws
In the carrying out of §§ 101—119 of this title, an authority shall comply with Act No. 213, approved May 14 [12], 1942, as amended. History —May 9, 1947, No. 97, p. 226, § 10.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 112 - Findings
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 112 - Findings
It is hereby found and declared (a) that there exists in Puerto Rico slum areas, blighted areas, and areas in the process of becoming blighted, all of which pose a grave menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the inhabitants of Puerto Rico, and that the findings and declaration thus far made in §§ 101—119...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 113 - Urban renovation projects
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 113 - Urban renovation projects
In addition to their powers under any other section of §§ 101—119 of this title, all housing authorities are hereby authorized to plan and set up urban renewal projects. An urban renewal project, as the term is used in §§ 101—119 of this title, may include undertakings and activities in one or more areas composed withi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 114 - Urban renewal plan; Register of Renewal and Redevelopment plans
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 114 - Urban renewal plan; Register of Renewal and Redevelopment plans
Any urban renewal project coming under the preceding section shall be developed in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the project area. As used in §§ 101—119 of this title, the term “urban renewal plan” is that which is formulated for one or more areas which constitute an urban renewal project, and that (1) shal...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 115 - Powers with respect to urban renovation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 115 - Powers with respect to urban renovation
All housing authorities shall have all the powers necessary and convenient for undertaking and carrying out urban renovation plans and projects, including the power to acquire and sell or lease property, issue bonds and other debentures, borrow money, and accept subsidies from the federal government or other sources, a...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 116 - Cooperation of municipalities and other public entities in urban renovation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 116 - Cooperation of municipalities and other public entities in urban renovation
All municipalities and other public entities are hereby authorized (without restricting any provisions of § 115 of this title) to do any and all things necessary for aiding in and cooperating with the planning and developing of an urban renovation project within the area in which such municipalities or public entities ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 117 - Practicable program
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 117 - Practicable program
The Puerto Rico Planning Board is hereby authorized: (1) to prepare and draw up a practicable commonwealth program for the clearance, control, and rehabilitation of slums and blighted areas, including urban renovation, which program shall provide for establishing in Puerto Rico a methodical urban renovation procedure f...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546)›Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119)›§ 118 - Disaster areas
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SEVENTEEN - Housing (§§ 1 — 1546) › Chapter 5 - Redevelopment Projects (§§ 101 — 119) › § 118 - Disaster areas
When by resolution of the municipal legislature of any municipality, it shall be found and declared that a certain urban zone of said municipality has sustained the ravages of a disaster (which has been declared a major disaster by the Governor) caused by flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other natural or m...