P.R. Laws tit. 17, § 1007

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§ 1007. Construction, improvements and repair programs in public housing projects

The Administration shall be responsible for areas of planning and programming, of ordinary and extraordinary preventive maintenance and refurbishing of public residential projects. The Administrator shall prepare and submit a program to the Board each year, on the date it requires for the repair, maintenance and refurbishing or renovation work in public housing projects and of the structures and buildings of the programs and activities under his/her administration.

The Administration shall have the obligation to establish, maintain and execute the programs that are needed for the maintenance, cleaning and beautification of housing projects and to carry out ordinary and extraordinary repairs, and improvements and refurbishing works of the buildings and of public housings. The Administrator may contract with the municipalities for the performance of such services and works, provided they have the necessary capacity to do so. Likewise, he shall promote the participation of residents in these programs to bolster the sense of belonging to their community and the strengthening of the families.

The Administrator shall establish through regulations the minimum norms for the conservation and maintenance of all public housing projects and the structures and buildings of the programs under his/her administration.

History —Aug. 17, 1989, No. 66, p. 282, § 8; Jan. 10, 2003, No. 71, § 5.