A young mother with two minor children is facing forced eviction in the town of La Boca, municipality Mariel, Artemisa province, after having occupied an old premises of INDER that had been completely abandoned and out of use for years, according to a citizen complaint posted on Facebook this Thursday by Diasniurka Salcedo Verdecia.
According to the report, the property had been unused for years and neighbors even used it as a public restroom before the young woman occupied it as the only alternative due to the lack of housing.
Municipal authorities intend to remove her from the place without offering, according to the complaint, any alternative housing solution.
The mother herself recounted in a video what a government official identified as "the mayor" told her: "stating that they had the full authority to stop the MININT cars there and to remove me, that it is not called eviction, since this is a government institution, it is not called eviction, they simply remove me because it is not mine and they can do it according to them."
In addition to the eviction, the complaint states that the authorities allegedly threatened to take away custody of her minor children as a means of pressure, a particularly serious aspect that has generated outrage among those spreading the case on social media.
Salcedo Verdecia described the situation as unacceptable: "It is unacceptable for a property to remain abandoned for years, and when a person in a vulnerable situation seeks shelter to survive, the response is an eviction without any presumably known decent alternative."
The case is set against the housing crisis in Cuba, which has reached critical levels: the housing deficit exceeds 800,000 homes according to the Ministry of Construction, 35% of the housing stock is in regular or poor condition, and throughout the country, only 5,454 units were constructed during 2025.
This precarious situation has pushed hundreds of families to occupy abandoned state-owned premises and properties as the only solution.
The regime has responded with a policy of immediate evictions in Cuba, backed by the Penal Code in effect since December 2022, which allows actions to be taken without waiting for judicial processes.
Similar cases of mothers with children being expelled from abandoned places have been documented in multiple municipalities since 2020, but the threat of taking the children away from this mother adds extra pressure.
Salcedo Verdecia made a public appeal to the authorities to "act with humanity and transparency" and urged the community to provide more details about the case.
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