Thank you to all the collaborators and participants of the Third Community Workshop.

Preliminary findings of the Habitat for Humanity impact study were presented

On Monday, July 24th, about 80 people from around the Island gathered at the School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras. PR PASS Workshop held the last of three community workshops proposed as part of the Impact Assessment of the Puerto Rico Recovery Program (PRPR) by Habitat for Humanity. On this occasion, the Steering Committee returned and, with the help of several collaborators, presented the preliminary findings using a variety of methods to promote discussion. The morning concluded with a list of data that needs review, another list of validated findings, and another list identifying areas of knowledge that workshop participants felt urgently needed to be shared with the public.

Among the methodologies used to share knowledge, we note the dissemination of a magazine that summarized the investigative process and initial conclusions. The magazine was discussed and supplemented during a plenary session in which Dr. Laura Gorbea reviewed the data collection process, the gathered data, and the Steering Committee shared various stories and reflections that brought the data to life. Following this, Dr. Linda Colón proceeded to summarize and take questions from the audience. After a pleasant dialogue, participants were divided into small groups that held data parties in rooms dedicated to a detailed analysis of different work areas of the Habitat for Humanity's Puerto Rico Recovery Program.

Once the review of the investigation was completed, the participants of the Community Workshop were invited to a seminar on affordable housing. The seminar was complemented by an exhibition on the history of the development of social interest housing and access to housing in Puerto Rico since the 1940s. The afternoon ended with the delivery of dream maps and a dance and history workshop on "la bomba," inviting those present to continue dreaming and working towards housing solutions for a Puerto Rico where every person has a dignified and safe home.