About Us
The Puerto Rico Housing and Human Development Trust (FIDEVI) is a charitable trust, established by public deed in 2004, focused on addressing homelessness among very low-income or economically disadvantaged populations in Puerto Rico.
FIDEVI emerged from intersectoral consensus on the need to support projects among nonprofit organizations dedicated to the development and rehabilitation of adequate, accessible, and affordable housing for low-income individuals. Accordingly, FIDEVI generates funds to assist entities that address housing needs for people who have been overlooked from the regular housing market.
FIDEVI also works to generate knowledge and resources, as well as to provide technical assistance that enables the development, rehabilitation, and preservation of adequate and
accessible housing for this population, with particular attention to people who are homeless or at high risk of becoming homeless.
FIDEVI is governed by a Board of Trustees and an Advisory Council, both multisectoral in nature and composed of individuals representing the private sector, the public sector, and the homeless community. The collaborative work of both bodies adds value by bringing different perspectives, experience, and capabilities of their members, who promote decision-making based on diverse criteria, mutual understanding, and sensitivity to the needs of the population served.
FIDEVI has an affiliated organization Affordable Housing Fund for Puerto Rico, Inc. (AHFPR).
The Puerto Rico Housing and Human Development Trust (FIDEVI) is a charitable trust, established by public deed in 2004, focused on addressing homelessness among very low-income or economically disadvantaged populations in Puerto Rico.
Its objective is to help close the housing need gap by facilitating the development of structures according to the demographic of those being left homeless or in risk of becoming homeless. FIDEVI achieves this mission and fills this gap by supporting nonprofit nongovernmental organizations serving individuals’ and families’ housing needs that the market is not meeting.
Government representatives also form part of this Trust and we are all committed to comply with those laws and rules that apply to the Trust.
The trust fund is not restricted in use to people of any race, faith, color or creed and a Board of Trustees has the power to supervise and administer the Trust. FIDEVI also has an Advisory Council consisting of several members and which advises the Trustees as to the operational aspects of the Trust.
Board of Trustees
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Representative of the Governor of PR -
Zoimé Álvarez, Esq.
PR Bankers Association -
Carlos Del Valle
PR Mortgage Bankers Association -
Gloria Ruiz
Public/Private Sectors -
Juan Sabathié
Representative of the Advocacy Organizations -
Elizabeth Colón
Representative of the Advocacy Organizations -
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Representative of the Advocacy Organizations
Advisory Council
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Alfredo Martínez-Álvarez, Jr.
Representative of the Governor of PR -
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PR Bankers Association -
Wilma Alejandro
PR Mortgage Bankers Association -
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Representative of the Secretary of the PR Department of Housing -
Michelle Sugden-Castillo
Representative of the Advocacy Organizations -
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Representative of the Advocacy Organizations -
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Representative of the Advocacy Organizations
