Culebra's 50-unit affordable housing project refiles after denial
The municipality of Culebra has filed again for its affordable housing project of at least 50 walk-up apartments. On November 13, 2026, First Affordable, Sustainable and Resilient Housing Project on the island of Culebra (PR-CRP-000753), at Carretera Pr250 Km 1.7 Sector Parcelas, Flamenco, Culebra, 00775, filed for an environmental compliance determination by categorical exclusion, which is under inspection.
The filing describes a multifamily complex on previously undeveloped land and puts the ground to be disturbed at approximately 28,000 square feet. The same day, the project filed for a simple permit to extract earth crust material, which is incomplete.
A second try after a 2025 denial
The construction itself first came before the permit system in 2025, under another case. Those filings described the construction of 50 walk-up multifamily units with recreational facilities and on-site parking for 54 vehicles.
Four infrastructure and health and safety recommendations filed between February 28 and April 3, 2025 were approved, but the project's construction consultation, filed on April 22, 2025, was denied. The last filing of that case, an infrastructure recommendation request of December 18, 2025, is incomplete.
Carving out the land
The site sits on a municipal property whose lot measures 137,316 m2 (1,478,062 sq ft); in the Puerto Rico Land Use Plan, 76% of it is unscheduled developable land and 24% is urban land. A separate case to segregate part of it for the housing says the property belongs to the municipality, which wishes to segregate a portion to build the units there.
That segregation's location consultation, filed on November 16, 2023, was approved, and its registration plans, filed on April 30, 2024, were authorized. A new request to authorize registration plans was filed on October 26, 2026 and is under inspection.
No construction permit filing for the project is on record.
