Between 2017-2020, during hurricanes, earthquakes and a pandemic, 12,800 homes were foreclosed in Puerto Rico. We provide education, support and legal empowerment tools to families unable to pay their mortgages in Puerto Rico. "Derecho a tu casa" has been working for 6 years to provide free legal ed workshops, know your right toolkits, legal helplines, and advocacy toolkits to empower particularly women and elders at risk of foreclosures.

It is estimated that 218,495 deaf adults live in Puerto Rico (2018). While these numbers may be underestimated, they signal a huge population excluded from civic participation and development. Lack of legal literacy and access to justice fosters impunity regarding the discrimination and violence deaf families experience. This project supports know your rights campaigns, legal empowerment, and support In sign language. Together we can build an equitable and inclusive world.

This is a disaster legal aid initiative with a legal empowerment perspective. We provide legal education and support to families and communities recently affected by Fiona. This program trains pro bono housing and just recovery advocates who accompany communities and also leads advocacy words to ensure equitable recovery. Since 2017, Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico has led disaster legal aid and advocacy efforts regarding recovery in Puerto Rico.

The Legal Empowerment Curriculum for Community Paralegals in Puerto Rico will provide 15 community stakeholders with tools to monitor, exercise and defend their right to housing, resist displacements, and promote legal efforts towards equitable development and climate justice. This program paves the way to socialize legal education and strategies, promote community paralegals in order to nurture grassroots power and continue the work towards just recovery in Puerto Rico