Disaster Fraud Prevention by Exclusion: Property, Homeownership, and Individual Housing Repair Aid in Puerto Rico.
The federal administration of individual housing repair aid in the wake of climate disaster is meant to improve survivors’ well-being and assist with unmet housing needs. However, the assumptions, categories, and evaluation practices around which U.S. disaster aid is organized often end up creating...
| Publicado en: | Centro Journal Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 327 - 352 |
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Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos (Center for Puerto Rican Studies)
Summer2022
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