Housing Crisis in Cuba

Displaced 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 latest "miracle" of the regime in housing matters

They will transform more than 3,500 shipping containers into homes 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’m happy to be back.”

Cuban mother denounces state abandonment after 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 therapies in Matanzas

Amidst rubble and official silence: a mother confronts the abandonment by the State 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 turning 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! A young Cuban owns 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 shows her humble home in Santa Clara, and everyone notices the same thing: "Everything is very difficult for me."

Cuban priest 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 out of necessity."

Cuban government acknowledges the failure of the housing construction program using 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 following the death of a mother and son in a collapse

Misery Exposed: Hurricane Melissa Unveils Six Decades of Structural Poverty in Cuba

A mother and her child 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": Showcases the modern house that was built in Cuba and is creating a buzz on social media

Nurse in Santiago de Cuba denounces total abandonment after Melissa: Aid passes by her house without stopping

Cubans mobilize to help mother from 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 the passage of Hurricane Melissa

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

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

UN raises the impact of Melissa: Over 3.5 million Cubans affected

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

Approximately 7,500 homes damaged in Holguín following the passage of Hurricane Melissa

"Will no one be left without assistance? A mother with a disability and her child survive under a thatched roof in San Andrés, Holguín."

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

A young victim of an assault in Holguín lost part of the roof of his 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 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

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

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

Santiago de Cuba radio journalist injured after his home collapsed due to Hurricane Melissa

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

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

Cuban families survived Hurricane Melissa sheltered in caves

"We have neither food nor 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 houses and faces without comfort

Desperation in Santiago de Cuba: Neighbors are removing roofs to prevent Hurricane Melissa from taking 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 won't 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 existing social disasters such as poverty."

Blind and forgotten since Hurricane Sandy: They ask for help for an elderly man with the arrival of Melissa

Collapse of homes 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