Housing Crisis in Cuba

A Cuban returns from the U.S. to live in Cuba, and here's how she's remodeling her home on the island: “I’m happy to be back.”

Cuban mother denounces state abandonment after Hurricane Melissa: "We are living in the open air"

Civil Defense declares "normalcy" in Santiago de Cuba two months after Hurricane Melissa, amidst blackouts and shortages

Government orders destruction of room built for Ashlin's therapies in Matanzas

Amidst rubble and official silence: a mother confronts the abandonment of the State in Santiago de Cuba

More than 116,000 homes damaged in eastern Cuba by Hurricane Melissa

Neither free nor spacious: the price of the "quick fix" of converting containers into housing in Guantánamo

Santiago has 6,000 cases of damaged homes since Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and now adds another 137,000 due to Melissa

Marrero calls for converting more containers into homes to address the housing crisis in Cuba

Containers as an “immediate” solution: Government to expedite their conversion into housing due to housing crisis in Santiago de Cuba

At just 18 years old! Young Cuban achieves ownership of his own home in Cuba: “For me, it's the best I could have.”

These are the container houses that will be delivered to victims of Hurricane Melissa in Holguín

Cuban mother of three children shows her humble home in Santa Clara and everyone notices the same thing: “Everything is very difficult for me.”

Cuban healer shares reflections after Hurricane Melissa: It wasn't the cyclone; it was poverty that left you without a roof

Cubans dig through the ruins of the building that collapsed and killed a mother and her child: "It's the need."

The Cuban government recognizes the failure of the program for building houses with shipping containers

They raised over three million pesos for a mother from Holguín who only asked for food for her children

"Stop building hotels and take care of your people": Cubans erupt after the death of a mother and son in a collapse

Misery Revealed: Hurricane Melissa Exposes Six Decades of Structural Poverty in Cuba

A mother and her son die in the collapse of their home in Old Havana

In Santiago, I again experience pain, abandonment, and misery

"This one is indeed crowned": It showcases the modern house built in Cuba and is causing a sensation on social media

Nurse in Santiago de Cuba denounces total abandonment after Melissa: Help passes in front of her house without stopping

Cubans mobilize to help mother from Holguín who begged for food after the passage of Hurricane Melissa

Eleven families in Granma receive tents as an official "response" following flooding

Elderly man in Santiago de Cuba loses his home for the second time after Hurricane Melissa's passing

More than 95,000 homes in Santiago de Cuba have been affected by the impact of Melissa

"We thought we would drown": Heartbreaking testimonies from residents of Santiago during the flooding from Hurricane Melissa

UN raises impact of Melissa: Over 3.5 million Cubans affected

Host Laritza Camacho on the failure of Díaz-Canel's housing plan: "Did he confuse homes with hotel rooms?"

About 7,500 homes damaged in Holguín after the passage of Hurricane Melissa

Will no one be left helpless? A mother with disabilities and her child survive under a thatched roof in San Andrés, Holguín

Elderly woman receives assistance after living under the rubble of her house destroyed by the hurricane in Holguín

A young assault victim in Holguín lost part of the roof of their house due to Hurricane Melissa

"Without intermediaries or bureaucracy": NGO director allocates 50 thousand dollars to victims in Santiago de Cuba

Heartbreaking scenes from Holguín: Families who lost everything due to the floods

"Not only is freedom needed, but also help": Ulises Toirac on donations to Cuba after the hurricane

Cubans mobilize to help a mother and her children who lost everything in Holguín

The government raises the number of homes damaged by Hurricane Melissa in eastern Cuba to over 45,000

Economist warns that financial vulnerability worsens the tragedy for victims of Hurricane Melissa in Cuba

"The blockade is internal": Guantanamera confronts leader over abandonment following Melissa's passage

Cuban regime reveals number of affected homes following the impact of Hurricane Melissa

Journalist from a radio station in Santiago de Cuba injured after his home collapsed due to Hurricane Melissa

Family seeks help from Holguín: “If we were struggling before the cyclone, we are worse off now.”

Abandonment and destruction: Families lost everything in Altamira, Santiago de Cuba

Cuban families survived Hurricane Melissa taking refuge in caves

"We don't have food or milk for the girl": a cry for help from a Cuban in Cayo Granma, Santiago de Cuba

Díaz-Canel visits the container houses in Holguín

Cayo Granma, in Santiago de Cuba, devastated by Hurricane Melissa: Destroyed houses and faces devoid of solace

Desperation in Santiago de Cuba: Neighbors are taking down roofs to prevent Hurricane Melissa from carrying them away

They defend evacuations in the caves of Guantánamo as a “popular intelligence measure” in response to Hurricane Melissa

"Don't underestimate the wind": Guantanamo architect warns which houses will not withstand Hurricane Melissa

The incredible transformation a mother achieves for her daughter in Cuba: She turned an old room into a dream bedroom!

Pedro Monreal: "Cyclones exacerbate preexisting social disasters such as poverty."

Blind and forgotten since Hurricane Sandy: Help requested for elderly man with the arrival of Melissa

Collapsed houses in Camagüey leave several families affected

"There's always someone who is bothered by the achievements of others": Cuban responds to criticism after showcasing his house in Cuba

They could not hold back their tears: Cuban family reunites under a downpour

Cuban doctor lives in a building on the verge of collapse in Havana: "My salary is not enough"

Díaz-Canel's visit to Chambas coincides with the collapse of a house in the area