More than 2,000 families in Puerto Rico have faced eviction proceedings during 2026, Metro Puerto Rico reported on Oct. 9, a count the outlet ties to a housing crisis on the island.^[1] That is 2,000 households, each with a case moving through the courts, each with somewhere to lose. The number stands on its own for now. The report does not name the towns, the courts, or what comes next for the families in the count. What the figure does not yet tell us is where the cases cluster, or how this year compares to the last. Those are the next questions for anyone reading this from a kitchen table in Ponce or Adjuntas or San Juan.