Housing Problems in 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 achieves homeownership in Cuba: “To me, it’s the best one I could have.”

These are the container houses that will be delivered to those affected by Hurricane Melissa in Holguín

Cuban priest shares reflection after Hurricane Melissa: It wasn't the cyclone, it was poverty that left you homeless

Cubans sift through the rubble of the building that collapsed and killed a mother and her child: "It's the necessity."

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

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

Police intimidate 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 the passage of Hurricane Melissa

The number of housing damages 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”

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

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

Elderly woman receives help 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 their house due to Hurricane Melissa

"Without intermediaries or bureaucracy": NGO director allocates 50 thousand dollars to victims in Santiago de Cuba

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

Economist warns that financial vulnerability exacerbates the tragedy of those affected by Hurricane Melissa in Cuba

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

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

Cuban regime reveals number of homes affected following the impact of Hurricane Melissa

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

Family asks for help from Holguín: "If we were doing badly before the cyclone, now we are doing worse."

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

Cuban families survived Hurricane Melissa taking 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: it shows how her dream house on the island is coming along

"Everything came crashing down": Cuban shows his destroyed house after Melissa's passage in Santiago de Cuba

Cayo Granma, in Santiago de Cuba, devastated by Hurricane Melissa: Destroyed houses and faces without solace

"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 could not contain their tears: Cuban family reunites under a downpour

Revolutionary engineering in Central Havana: if the building is sinking, close the ground floors and prepare for the worst

Fire breaks out in building in Centro Habana

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

Slow progress 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 homes: 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 progressing

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

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

Returns to Cuba to surprise his mother, and the condition of her house provokes criticism: "Few dollars arrive there."

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

"Even if it takes me 30 years to pay for it": Cuban woman defends her house in the U.S. after showing the one she owns in Cuba

Collapse in Centro Habana leaves two minors and one adult hospitalized

In Cuba, one does not survive; one "over-dies" in a country that is collapsing under multiple crises

She showcased the remodeled house she has in Cuba, and the reaction was overwhelming: “That one is really yours and without owing a dime.”

This is what the first homes constructed with containers look like in Cuba

"The ground floor disappeared": Shocking collapse of a two-story house in Artemisa causes no casualties

The assembly of modified containers as housing begins in Guantánamo

Horror scene in Centro Habana: dilapidated building accumulates trash and threatens to collapse

Collapse in a building in Centro Habana worsens the situation for dozens of families

Fire at a bar in Yaguajay spreads and consumes several homes

Prominent cardiologist lives in a house at risk of collapse in Guantánamo and laments official neglect

Families continue on the street after the collapse of a building in Centro Habana