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• Housing units in need of repair and retrofit accounted for 87% of infrastructure damaged by Hurricane María.

• More than 1/3 of Puerto Rico’s total housing stock suffered significant damages from Hurricane María.

• Less than 200 housing units have been rebuilt using CDBG-DR funds.

Sources for P. R. Statistics: CNE Analysis, P.R. Dept. of Health (2019), U.S. Census, PREPA Fiscal Plan, P. R. Community Survey (2018)

• More than 41% of families in Puerto Rico live below the US federal poverty line, 3 times as many as the US average.

• Federal policies short-change health funding for Puerto Rico, covering only 55% of Medicaid expenses in the island.

• 50% of post disaster federal funding is not expected to be disbursed until 2025 and later

Sources for P. R. Statistics: CNE Analysis, P.R. Dept. of Health (2019), U.S. Census, PREPA Fiscal Plan, P. R. Community Survey (2018)

• Hurricane María leveled approximately 90% of Puerto Rico’s electric grid.

• Currently about 4% of the installed electricity generation capacity in Puerto Rico uses renewable sources of energy.

• Act 17 requires that Puerto Rico generate 40% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and 100% by 2050.

Sources for P. R. Statistics: CNE Analysis, P.R. Dept. of Health (2019), U.S. Census, PREPA Fiscal Plan, P. R. Community Survey (2018)

• Only 12% of federal post-disaster contracts have been awarded to local firms.

• 50% of all post-disaster federal funding will not be disbursed until 2025-2032.

Sources for P. R. Statistics: CNE Analysis, P.R. Dept. of Health (2019), U.S. Census, PREPA Fiscal Plan, P. R. Community Survey (2018)