Puerto Rico Community Energy and Water Resilience Installations Program

Puerto Rico Community Energy and Water Resilience Installations Program

09/2024
Promoting Accountability and Effectiveness in Disaster Response and RecoveryCommunity Planning and DevelopmentPR

Summary

HUD OIG is auditing Puerto Rico's Community Energy and Water Resilience Installations Program (CEWRI). HUD awarded Puerto Rico over $20 billion dollars in CDBG-DR funding after the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Of the total award, $395 million was budgeted to the CEWRI program. Our objective is to determine to what extent did the CEWRI program address the energy and water system vulnerabilities of its low-and-moderate income participants.