Housing Crisis in Cuba

The housing crisis faced by thousands of Cuban families amidst an unrelenting crisis

Cubans bathe and cook in a park in front of the Malecón in Havana

Housing begins to prepare the ground for new mandatory fees in multifamily buildings

Architect Abel Tablada criticizes the Cuban regime for having invested hundreds of millions in isolated hotels

Through the roof!: apartments and houses are being listed in Havana for between 1,800 dollars and 3,000 euros per month

Cuban pitcher has been waiting for years for a home that was promised to him in Mayabeque

Entire generations without a home: PCC in Pinar del Río admits that there are families waiting for housing for 30 years

The Cuban resets when leaving the dictatorship

"Habana is Falling Apart": New Collapse on the Malecón

The new Housing Law reinforces state control over the properties of Cubans

New Housing Law will require owners to pay monthly fees in buildings

Nothing changes: Cuba maintains the limit of two homes per person in the new law

Cuban regime may take possession of abandoned homes, according to the new draft law

Rolando Cartaya reports 1,311 protests in May across the Island, but "Havana is the social powder keg of Cuba."

Ciego de Ávila recycles 155 containers to convert them into homes in response to the housing crisis

"Havana is Dying": Buildings Collapsing while the Regime Builds Hotels

Cuban mother with three children surviving in an uninhabitable home abandoned by the State

GAESA shakes up the corporation after the scandal: it is now GAE, according to Granma

"GAESA finances hospitals and housing": the regime's response to U.S. sanctions.

While GAESA accumulates empty hotels in Cuba, the demand is growing to repurpose them for public health and housing for workers

They are asking for help for an 85-year-old Cuban grandfather in Camagüey

Brisas del Mar, another abandoned village in Cuba

In Villa Clara, six homes have been handed over to victims of Hurricane Irma in 2017

This is how her house in Cuba is turning out: a Cuban residing in the U.S. showcases the progress of her three-story home

44,000 Cuban mothers with three or more children need to improve their housing

Cuba regulates the socioeconomic evaluation of families applying for financing to repair their homes

Isla de la Juventud only completed 39 homes in 2025; the rest of Cuba barely reached 5,454

Container homes arrive in Marianao: This is how the new housing project in Havana will look

"Walking through Cuba is terrifying": The powerful testimony of a photographer who reveals the deterioration of the island

The restoration of the Amphitheater in the Historic Center of Havana advances in a city in ruins

This is how the house of this Cuban in Cuba turned out: “With a lot of effort and sacrifice.”

Facade collapses in Santiago de Cuba in an area that residents reported as hazardous

Unbelievable: Cuban mother abandons donated house in Holguín

Architect warns that container homes can become "ovens" under the tropical sun

Stairs collapse in a multi-family building in Havana: one woman injured and hospitalized

"Symbolism and cheap propaganda": Cubans react to the delivery of two modular homes in Havana

Cubans gift a house to a homeless elderly couple in Holguín

Díaz-Canel and Marrero deliver the first two "modular homes" made from recycled containers in Havana

Cubana gives thanks to God for being able to make her home in El Salvador

This is how difficult it is to repair a house in Cuba after the passage of Hurricane Melissa

Political scientist: "No one will have their house taken away in the Cuba of the future."

Cuban woman thankful for the donated stove so she doesn't have to get wet while cooking for her sick granddaughter

Cubans paid nearly a million pesos for shipping-container homes with issues

Cubans mourn the destruction of Playa El Rosario in Güines

This is not poverty; it is neglect: this is how a family lives on the coast of Ciego de Ávila

Milagros, a retired Cuban nurse, is crying out for help to rebuild her dilapidated home

Cuban regime "discovers" buildings on the verge of collapse on the Malecón after decades of neglect

NGO director secures the promised $50,000 in aid for housing repairs in Santiago de Cuba

Containers as housing in El Cerro: reports of the regime's plan

Cubans lose their homes in Guantánamo after a fierce fire during a blackout

Gerardo Hernández speaks on social media about the "beautiful Havana" and sparks outrage

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

Cuban woman reports attempted eviction 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 hard work.”

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."