Housing Issues in Cuba

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

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

A 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 in the open."

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

Fire in an elevator shaft causes alarm in a building in Vedado

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 houses since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and now adds another 137,000 due to Melissa

Partial collapse in building in El Vedado rekindles alarms over housing crisis in Cuba

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

Containers as an "immediate" solution: Government will accelerate their conversion into housing due to the housing crisis in Santiago de Cuba

Díaz-Canel calls for the reconstruction of Cuba after six decades of destruction: Did he confess the real reasons?

"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 those affected by Hurricane Melissa in Holguín

Cuban healer shares reflection 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's out of necessity."

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

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

Police intimidate family in Santiago de Cuba who bought logs to repair their home

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

The number of housing damages in Santiago de Cuba due to the impact of Melissa has risen to more than 95,000

Cuban shows abandoned mansion on top of a mountain: “And so many people without homes in Cuba”

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

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

An elderly woman receives assistance after living beneath the ruins of her house destroyed by the hurricane in Holguín

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

"Without intermediaries or bureaucracy": NGO director allocates $50,000 for disaster victims in Santiago de Cuba

Cubans mobilize to help a mother and her children who lost everything in Holguín

An economist warns that financial insecurity exacerbates the tragedy of those affected by Hurricane Melissa in Cuba

"And where is the Holguin native Lis Cuesta?" Cubans are asking after the passage of Melissa and the devastation in the East

The Cuban regime will "benefit" the victims of Hurricane Melissa with materials at half price

Cuban regime reveals number of housing damages caused by Hurricane Melissa

A journalist from a station in Santiago de Cuba injured after the collapse of his home 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 seeking 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

This is how this Cuban lives in Cuba: she shows how her dream house on the island is turning out

"Everything fell apart": Cuban shows his destroyed house after Melissa passed through Santiago de Cuba

Cayo Granma, in Santiago de Cuba, devastated by Hurricane Melissa: destroyed houses and faces devoid of comfort

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

His parents fulfilled his dream of buying him his first house in Cuba at 25: "Not everything went perfectly."

Melissa threatens Cuba and the country trembles: Empty warehouses, patched roofs, and fear in every home

They couldn't hold back their tears: Cuban family reunites in the pouring rain

Revolutionary engineering in Centro Habana: if the building collapses, shut down the ground floor and wait for the worst

Fire erupts in building in Centro Habana

Cuban doctor lives in a building on the verge of collapse in Havana: "My salary isn't enough"

Slowness and limited information regarding the assembly of container houses in Guantánamo

Family left homeless after fire in Santiago de Cuba

Granma: more than 30,000 families still live on dirt floors

Residents of the mobile home park in Sweetwater face imminent eviction

Container houses: This is how they are made livable in Europe... and in Cuba?

Cubans react to the design of container homes in Guantánamo: "The town will be called Microwave."

A settlement built with containers for those affected by Hurricane Óscar in Guantánamo is making progress

Cuban mother shows her flooded house in Guantánamo: “Children live here”

"With God's favor, I will fix it for you": Cuban woman responds to criticism about her family's wooden house in Cuba

Returns to Cuba to surprise his mother, and the condition of her house sparks criticism: "Only a few dollars get there."

"It looks like it's straight out of a magazine! A Cuban showcases his home in Cuba and surprises everyone with how modern it is."