Housing Problems 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 in response 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 achieves homeownership in Cuba: 'For me, it’s the best one I could have.'"

These are the container houses that will be delivered to the victims of 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 and killed a mother and her son: "It's the 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" following the 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 Hurricane Melissa

The number of affected homes in Santiago de Cuba due to the impact of Melissa has exceeded 95,000

Cuban shows abandoned mansion atop 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 helpless? A mother with a disability and her son survive under a thatched roof in San Andrés, Holguín

An elderly woman receives help after living under the debris 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 thousand dollars to aid victims in Santiago de Cuba

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

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

"And where is the Holguin woman Lis Cuesta?" Cubans ask after the passage of Melissa and the devastation in the East

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

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

Journalist from a Santiago de Cuba station injured after the collapse of his home due to Hurricane Melissa

Family asks for help from Holguín: “If we were in bad shape before the cyclone, now we are worse.”

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

Cuban families survived Hurricane Melissa sheltered in caves

"We have no food or milk for the child": 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 woman lives in Cuba: she shows how her dream house is coming together on the island

"Everything fell apart": Cuban shows his destroyed house after Melissa's passing in Santiago de Cuba

Cayo Granma, in Santiago de Cuba, devastated by Hurricane Melissa: destroyed homes 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 couldn't hold back their tears: Cuban family reunites under a downpour

Revolutionary engineering in Centro Habana: if the building sinks, close the ground floor and wait 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."

Slowness and limited information on the assembly of container homes 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 container house design in Guantánamo: "The town will be called Microwave"

Construction of a village made from 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 favor, I will fix it for you": 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 draws criticism: "Only a few dollars make it there."

"It looks like it's straight out of a magazine! A Cuban shows off his house in Cuba and surprises 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 has 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

It shows the remodeled house he has in Cuba, and the reaction was overwhelming: "That one is really yours and you don't owe a penny."

This is what the first houses built 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 converted containers as homes has begun in Guantánamo

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

Collapse in building in Centro Habana exacerbates the situation for dozens of families

Fire at a bar in Yaguajay spreads and consumes several homes