Housing Crisis in Cuba

Fire in Santiago de Cuba leaves five children homeless and two families lose everything

Five months after Hurricane Melissa, only 17% of the damaged homes in Santiago de Cuba have been repaired

"Is that in pesos or in dollars?": Cubans react to rents of up to three thousand a month in Havana

Expectations of the new housing policy in Cuba

This Cuban woman is building her house with a pool in Cuba… and this is how it’s turning out: “With a lot of sacrifice.”

The regime is selling container houses as an ecological measure while the housing deficit exceeds 929,000 homes

Sandro Castro tells CNN that he lives in an unpainted apartment with a nearly empty refrigerator: "Even for a Castro, it's tough."

"Cuba is a prison": man pleads with Trump for help after losing his home in a fire

The state media boasts about two container homes in Holguín as a "breakthrough" in response to the housing crisis

"I sold my house to leave": Cubans trapped in the migration crisis have no place to return to in Cuba

Here's what rent prices are like in Havana: a young person reveals their monthly rental payment

Expert in asset recoveries: No one will be evicted from their home during a Cuban transition

Cuban woman reports that a truck crashed into her house, blocked the entrance, and fled the scene

What remains of the Colgate houses in Cuba

They sold everything to emigrate, the plan didn't work out... and now they're buying an apartment in Cuba: Look at how much it cost them

Collapse in Manzanillo leaves two homes destroyed

"It doesn't look like Cuba! She showcases the house she's selling on the island and ends up receiving a torrent of criticism."

Cubans regret the destruction of a school in Matanzas

Young man found dead in collapsing building in Old Havana

"Prima, just send me 700 dollars": an audio message from a relative in Cuba asking for money that has ignited social media

Neighbors and workers collect debris from the three houses devastated by fire in San Germán, Holguín

New Draft Housing Law in Cuba: What Changes?

"We fear for our lives": Neighbors in Santiago de Cuba report the deterioration of the staircase in their building

The housing "alternative" is also stalled in Cienfuegos: the conversion of containers into homes is progressing slowly

Cuban woman who returned from the U.S. showcases the renovation of her house in Cuba: "I know I won't regret it."

Two collapses in less than 24 hours in Old Havana bring several homes to the brink of collapse

Displaced individuals will have to pay a high amount for container houses: More than the cost of conventional homes

Container homes in Cuba: Official media boasts about the latest "miracle" of the regime in housing

They will transform more than 3,500 shipping containers into housing for Havana

Cuban returns from the U.S. to live in Cuba and this is how she is remodeling her house on the island: “I am happy to be back.”

Cuban mother denounces government abandonment following the passage of Hurricane Melissa: "We are living outdoors."

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

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

Amid rubble and official silence: a mother confronts state abandonment in Santiago de Cuba

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

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

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

Marrero calls for turning 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 only 18 years old! A young Cuban achieves homeownership in Cuba: “For me, it’s the best I could have.”

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

A 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 reflection after Hurricane Melissa: It wasn't the cyclone, it was poverty that left you without a roof

Cubans sift through the ruins of the building that collapsed and killed a mother and her child: "It’s the necessity."

The Cuban government acknowledges the failure of the program to build 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 Exposed: Hurricane Melissa Reveals 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 experience pain, abandonment, and misery once again

"This one is definitely crowned": Showcases the modern house that was 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 a mother from Holguín who pleaded for food after the passage of Hurricane Melissa

Families in Granma receive tents as an official "response" following floods

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

The number of housing impacts in Santiago de Cuba due to the impact of Melissa has risen to over 95,000

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

UN raises impact of Melissa: More than 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