Judge orders to extend housing for Puerto Rican evacuees

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 2:19 pm, Sunday, July 1, 2018

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ordered federal emergency officials to extend vouchers for temporary hotel housing for Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees.

Saturday night's decision comes after a civil rights group sought a federal injunction to block the eviction of nearly 1,700 Puerto Ricans from hotels across the country as the assistance vouchers they received are set to expire.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF filed a lawsuit Saturday seeking relief for the Puerto Ricans, whose federal housing assistance vouchers were set to expire in hours, meaning the Hurricane Maria refugees could be evicted.

U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin wrote that ending the program could cause irreparable harm to the plaintiffs.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Judge-orders-to-extend-housing-for-Puerto-Rican-13041524.php

[elleng]

1. OMG, LAWSUIT had to be filed to prevent EVICTION

of nearly 1,700 Puerto Ricans from hotels across the country as the assistance vouchers they received are set to expire.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Thank you Judge Sorokin!

I can't believe anyone would kick people who are already down on the ground. This is not the country I grew up in. It is leased to Putin now.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "I can't believe anyone would kick people who are already down on the ground."

It's how the GOP operate. They did the same after Katrina - http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/02/08/thousands_of_katrina_evacuees_evicted/

[left-of-center2012]

4. TV news said it's extended three days

[Judi Lynn]

5. Hoping everyone will forget in 3 days, apparently. Thanks for the info. n/t