History of the Jews in Puerto Rico of them fled to Miami, Florida; however, Puerto Rico also received a large influx of Jewish emigres from Cuba. Abe Fortas, who was an associate judge for the United States Supreme Court, and the son of Orthodox Jews, was a friend of Luis Muñoz Marin and frequented Puerto Rico often during Roosevelt's, Kennedy's, and Lyndon B. Johnson's administrations. He participated in the drafting of the Constitution of Puerto Rico and gave Luis Muñoz Marin and his administrators legal advice whenever called upon. According to Abe Fortas's biographer Laura Kalman, "Puerto Rico engaged Fortas. It became the one cause to which
Public housing in Puerto Rico Public housing in Puerto Rico Public housing in Puerto Rico is a subsidized system of housing units, mostly consisting of housing projects ("Residenciales", "Barriadas", or "Caserios Publicos", in Spanish), which are provided for low-income families in Puerto Rico. The system is mainly financed with programs from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). There are 322 public housing developments in Puerto Rico. Neighborhoods in Puerto Rico are often divided into three types: barrio, "urbanización" (urbanization) and "residencial público" (public housing). An "urbanización" is a type of housing where land is developed