Housing Crisis in Cuba

Housing deficit and scarce materials: Cuban shows what it costs to build a house on the island

Cuban woman denounces eviction attempt due to illegal construction in Havana: “We have nowhere to live”

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

Forecasts 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 government sells 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 difficult."

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

The official press boasts about two container houses in Holguín as a "breakthrough" in response to the housing crisis

"I sold my house to leave": Cubans caught in the migration crisis have nowhere to return to in Cuba

This is what rentals are like in Havana: a young person reveals what they pay monthly in rent

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

A 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 are buying an apartment in Cuba: Look at how much it cost them

Landslide in Manzanillo leaves two homes destroyed

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

Cubans lament the destruction of a school in Matanzas

Young man found dead in collapsing building in Old Havana

“Cousin, just send me 700 dollars”: the audio of a relative in Cuba asking for money that ignites social media

Neighbors and workers gather debris from the three houses destroyed by fire in San Germán, Holguín

New Housing Bill Proposal in Cuba: What Changes?

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

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

Cuban 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 leave several homes on the verge of collapse

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

Container homes in Cuba: State media boasts about the regime's latest "miracle" 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 state abandonment following Hurricane Melissa: "We are living in the open."

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 the State's abandonment in Santiago de Cuba

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

Neither free nor spacious: the cost of the "quick fix" of converting shipping containers into homes 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 collapse in Santiago de Cuba

At just 18 years old! Young Cuban manages to own his own house 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

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 homeless

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

The Cuban government acknowledges the failure of the program to build houses with 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 take care of your people": Cubans outraged after the death of mother and son in collapse

Misery laid bare: 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 once again experience pain, abandonment, and misery

"This one is indeed crowned": It 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: Aid 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

Several 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

The number of housing damages 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: Over 3.5 million Cubans affected