This September marks nine years since Hurricane Maria changed the course of Puerto Rico, but the hardships caused by the hurricane still persist. Amarilis González Rodríguez knows this firsthand; frustrated by the government’s poor response in 2017, she began installing blue tarps in affected homes. Today, the organization Techos Pa’ Mi Gente has hundreds of people on a waiting list for decent housing, though its executive director estimates the number is in the thousands.