Housing Issues in Cuba

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

Cuban woman 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

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

Container homes 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

Cuban returns from the U.S. to live in Cuba and this is how she is remodeling her home on the island: “I am happy to be back.”

Cuban mother denounces state abandonment after Hurricane Melissa's passage: "We are living exposed to the elements."

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

Fire in an elevator shaft triggers alarm in 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 homes from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and now adds another 137,000 due to Melissa

Partial collapse in building in El Vedado reignites alarms about 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 to expedite their conversion into housing amid housing collapse in Santiago de Cuba

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

"At just 18 years old! Young Cuban manages to own his own home in Cuba: 'For me, it is 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 sift through the ruins of the building that collapsed, killing a mother and her child: "It’s the necessity."

The Cuban government acknowledges the failure of the program to build houses with shipping containers

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

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

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

The number of damages to homes in Santiago de Cuba due to the impact of Melissa exceeds 95,000

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

Announcer 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 under the rubble 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 to victims in Santiago de Cuba

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

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

"And where is Lis Cuesta from Holguín?" Cubans are asking following the passage of Melissa and the devastation in the East

The Cuban regime will "benefit" hurricane Melissa victims with materials at half price

Cuban regime reveals number of damages to homes after the impact of Hurricane Melissa

Journalist from a Santiago de Cuba station injured after her home collapsed due to Hurricane Melissa

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

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

Cuban families survived Hurricane Melissa by sheltering 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 homes in Holguín

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

"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: Houses destroyed and faces without solace

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

His parents fulfilled his dream of buying 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 could not hold back their tears: Cuban family reunites in the pouring rain

Revolutionary engineering inCentro Habana: if the building sinks, close the ground floor and brace for the worst

Fire breaks out in building in Central Havana

Cuban doctor lives in a building on the verge of collapse in Havana: "My salary is not enough"

Slow progress and limited information on the assembly of container houses in Guantánamo

Family left on the street 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 homes: Here's how they are made livable in Europe... and in Cuba?

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

Progress on town built with containers for those affected by Hurricane Óscar in Guantánamo