Housing Crisis in Cuba

The housing "alternative" is also stalled in Cienfuegos: the conversion of containers into homes is making slow progress

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 brink of collapse

Victims will have to pay a high sum for container houses: More than the cost of conventional housing

Container houses in Cuba: Official media boasts of the regime's latest "miracle" in housing

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

Cubana 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 have come back.”

Cuban mother denounces state abandonment after 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

Amidst rubble and official silence: a mother confronts state abandonment 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 converting 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! A young Cuban manages to have his own house in Cuba: 'For me, it is the best I could have.'"

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

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

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

The Cuban government acknowledges the failure of the program for building houses with shipping containers

They raise 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 react strongly 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": 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 from Holguín who begged 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

The number of households affected in Santiago de Cuba due to the impact of Melissa exceeds 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

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

About 7,500 homes damaged in Holguín after 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 assistance after living under the debris of her house destroyed by the hurricane in Holguín

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 $50,000 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 assistance": 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 raises the number of homes damaged by Hurricane Melissa in eastern Cuba to over 45,000

An economist warns that financial disempowerment worsens the tragedy for those affected by Hurricane Melissa in Cuba

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

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

A journalist from a radio station in Santiago de Cuba injured after his house collapsed due to Hurricane Melissa

Family seeks help from Holguín: “If we were in a bad situation before the cyclone, now we are even worse.”

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

Cuban families survived Hurricane Melissa taking shelter in caves

“We have no food or milk for the girl”: a 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 devoid of comfort

Desperation in Santiago de Cuba: Neighbors are taking down roofs to prevent Hurricane Melissa from blowing them away

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

"Don't underestimate the wind": Guantanamo architect warns which houses will not 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 pre-existing social disasters such as poverty."