P.R. Laws tit. 17, § 1492a
(a) The Secretary of Housing is hereby authorized to create a program to subsidize the monthly payment for housing rental pursuant to Public Law No. 88-450 of August 19, 1964, as amended, better known as the “Nursing Home Care”, to all veterans and their spouses or veterans’ surviving spouses.
(b) The subsidy shall consist of reducing the monthly payment of the collective housing rental granted to all veterans, their spouses or his/her surviving spouse. The Secretary of Housing is hereby authorized to adopt any regulations needed to determine the subsidy to be received by the beneficiary depending on his/her monthly income.
(c) The maximum subsidy to be granted in the case of veterans who have availed themselves of the domiciliary care program shall not exceed the sum of four hundred dollars ($400) each month. The Secretary of Housing is hereby empowered to adopt any regulations needed to provide for the subsidies to be granted and the duration thereof.
(d) The maximum subsidy to be granted in the case of veterans who have availed themselves of the nursing care program shall not exceed the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) each month. The Secretary of Housing is hereby empowered to adopt any regulations needed to provide for the subsidies to be granted and the duration thereof.
(e) Once the rent subsidy is granted, the same may vary annually if there is a change in the income of the veteran, his/her spouse or his/her surviving spouse.
(f) The Secretary of Housing may request and obtain evidence of the income of the veteran, his/her spouse or his/her surviving spouse income in order to determine the subsidy to be granted.
(g) The Secretary of Housing shall reevaluate the cases and transfer them to the new matching of funds program established in these subsections regarding veterans receiving a subsidy pursuant to this chapter.
(h) The beneficiary of the subsidy shall make the corresponding monthly payments on time in order to continue receiving the benefit of the subsidy granted under this chapter. If the beneficiary of the subsidy is in arrears in the payment of rent, the subsidy of those payments in arrears shall be provided once the debt is settled and the payment of rent is received.
History —Aug. 31, 1996, No. 173, added as § 4 on Sept. 8, 2000, No. 393, § 4.