Housing Crisis in Cuba

Container houses in Cuba: The official press boasts about the regime's latest "miracle" in housing

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

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

Cuban mother denounces government neglect following Hurricane Melissa: "We are living outdoors."

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

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

Amidst rubble and official silence: a mother faces 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 turning containers into housing in Guantánamo

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

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

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

At just 18 years old! Young Cuban manages to have his own house in Cuba: “For me, it’s the best one 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 collapsed building that killed a mother and her child: "It’s out of necessity."

The Cuban government acknowledges the failure of the housing construction program using shipping containers

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

"Stop building hotels and focus on your people": Cubans outraged 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 once again experience pain, abandonment, and misery

"This one is indeed crowned": It showcases the modern house built in Cuba that 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 in Holguín who pleaded for food after the passage of Hurricane Melissa

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

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

The number of housing damages in Santiago de Cuba due to the impact of Melissa exceeds 95,000

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

UN raises the 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 following the passage of Hurricane Melissa

"Will no one be left helpless? A mother with a disability and her son survive under a thatched roof in San Andrés, Holguín."

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

Young victim of an assault in Holguín lost part of the roof of their house due to Hurricane Melissa

“Without intermediaries or bureaucracy”: NGO director allocates $50,000 to victims in Santiago de Cuba

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

"Not only freedom is 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 has raised the number of homes damaged by Hurricane Melissa in eastern Cuba to over 45,000

Economist warns that financial vulnerability exacerbates the tragedy of those affected by Hurricane Melissa in Cuba

"Blockade is within": Guantanamera confronts leader over abandonment following Melissa's passage

Cuban regime reveals number of housing damages after the impact of Hurricane Melissa

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

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

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

Cuban families survived Hurricane Melissa by taking refuge in caves

"We have no food or milk for the girl": the 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 homes and faces without solace

Desperation in Santiago de Cuba: Neighbors are dismantling roofs to prevent Hurricane Melissa from sweeping them away

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

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

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

Pedro Monreal: "Cyclones exacerbate pre-existing social disasters such as poverty."

Blind and forgotten since Hurricane Sandy: They ask for help for an elderly man ahead of Melissa's arrival

Housing collapse in Camagüey leaves several families affected

"There's always people who are bothered by the achievements of others": Cuban responds to criticism after showing his house in Cuba

They couldn't hold back their tears: Cuban family reunites under a downpour