Cuban grandmother expresses fear for her home in poor condition: "What are they waiting for? For the house to collapse?"

A Cuban woman, who lives in her house with her daughters and newborn grandsons, expressed fear of a possible collapse due to the poor conditions of her home and the lack of action from the government to help her resolve her situation.

"My house is a small living room, a tiny kitchen, a bathroom that isn't a meter and a quarter," said Emma Gronlier Blanco, a 58-year-old grandmother who denounced - and showed on camera - the terrible conditions of her home in an interview with the CubaNet site, emphasizing that her biggest concern is the bathroom.

"I have a hole above the toilet bowl that is broken. The entire bathroom walls are cracked," the woman explained, and at the same time, the images showed the recurring danger that the inhabitants of that house face.

Gronlier Blanco stated that since 2022 she has been in the process of seeking government assistance to improve her housing conditions. She declares herself as the sole provider for her family, but she has encountered apathy, disinterest, and inaction from the authorities.

"They have never come to my house," she says firmly in front of the camera and reports that a group of workers showed up to fix the access hallway to the place, where there are other houses in the same condition, but what they did was not effective.

"What are they going to wait for? For my house to fall down?" the woman asked. "We don't know where else we are going to go," she says, and immediately adds that eight people live with her, including two newborn twins.

"I don't have the means or money to fix my house, or to do anything," summarized this Cuban woman worried about the well-being of her family in a context of extreme poverty on the island.

A few months ago, the story of Aracelia González Díaz became known, a Cuban mother who lives in fear of losing her family if the house where they reside in the Cerro municipality in Havana completely collapses.

"I am afraid that one day I will leave for work and this will collapse with my mother inside," confessed the woman, who has repeatedly turned to government agencies for assistance.

Their cases are not isolated, as there are hundreds of thousands of Cubans living in houses at risk of collapse, which, if it were to happen, could cost them their lives, as has occurred on countless occasions.