Lenders to Puerto Rican homeowners have kicked foreclosures into high gear in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria , skirting local and federal borrower protections. According to attorneys and experts, lenders have ignored federal moratoria on foreclosures; placed notices of default in newspapers where they're unlikely to be seen; sent files to homeowners in English rather than Spanish; and required residents to complete tasks that are borderline impossible without electrical power yet fully restored , among other abuses.
