The Cuban Council of Ministers has extended for an additional year the process of organizing and legalizing houses, rooms, accommodations, annexes, and premises that lack legal status or were built without meeting the required formalities.
The regulation, adopted on June 17, 2026, and signed by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, comes into effect through the in Official Gazette No. 70 Ordinary of 2026.
This constitutes the second extension of a process that began in 2019 with Agreement 8574.
The official justification outlined in the agreement directly points to the energy crisis: "the various measures implemented in the country related to energy savings have hindered the population's access to the established procedures," leaving "a significant number of cases pending for ordering and legalizing."
Cuba has been experiencing one of the worst electrical crises in its history since 2025, facing massive blackouts and at least six national collapses of the electrical system recorded so far in 2026.
The energy-saving measures—reduction of administrative workdays, telecommuting in the public administration, and remote classes—limited citizens' ability to complete in-person transactions, leaving a significant number of legalization requests unresolved.
The process originated from the , dated March 12, 2019, which established an initial period of six years to regularize properties that, in accordance with territorial and urban regulations, could be transferred in terms of ownership to the individuals who occupy them.
In 2025, Agreement 10108 extended the deadline to December 31, 2025, and simplified the procedure by removing the requirement for Municipal Housing Directors to conduct on-site assessments of the property, reducing the process by about 15 days.
Agreement 10378 establishes that the terms, conditions, and obligations set forth in those two previous regulations "are applicable to cases received from the moment this Agreement comes into effect," that is, as of this Tuesday.
The extension falls within a period of intense legislative activity regarding housing: in 2026, Cuba also approved a new Housing Law that strengthens state control, limits property ownership to two homes per person, and allows the state to reclaim abandoned properties.
The full text of Agreement 10378 spans pages two and three of the , the only regulation published in that issue, with the identifier GOC-2026-474-O70.
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