Housing Funds For Puerto Ricans Who Fled Hurricane Maria Must End: US Judge

2018-08-31 2


Puerto Rican families who fled Hurricane Maria will get two more weeks of U.S.-funded housing. But they will then need to fend for themselves, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Hillman rejected an advocacy group’s request to stop federal officials from cutting off the aid to people who fled the massive September 2017 storm. Reuters says lawyers for a group of Puerto Ricans argued that the FEMA's decision to terminate aid violated their due process rights.