Housing Problems in Cuba

Devastating fire in Güira de Melena leaves a Cuban family homeless after losing everything

Five months after Hurricane Melissa, only 17% of the damaged homes in Santiago de Cuba have been repaired

"Is that in pesos or in dollars?": Cubans react to rents of up to three thousand a month in Havana

Forecasts of the new housing policy in Cuba

This Cuban woman is building her house with a pool in Cuba… and this is how it’s turning out: “With a lot of sacrifice.”

Sandro Castro tells CNN that he lives in an unpainted apartment with a nearly empty refrigerator: "Even for a Castro, it's difficult."

"Cuba is a prison": man pleads with Trump for help after losing his home in a fire

Official media boast of two container houses in Holguín as a “progress” in the face of the housing crisis

Here's what rentals are like in Havana: a young person reveals their monthly rent payment

A fierce fire ravages a pizzeria and homes on the central Enramadas street in Santiago de Cuba

Cuban woman reports that a truck crashed into her house, blocked the entrance, and fled the scene

Fire in a tenement in Santiago de Cuba leaves several families without belongings

What remains of the Colgate houses in Cuba

They sold everything to emigrate, the plan didn’t work out… and now they are buying an apartment in Cuba: Look at how much it cost them

Landslide in Manzanillo leaves two homes destroyed

"It doesn't look like Cuba! Shows the house for sale on the island and ends up receiving a flood of criticism."

Young man found dead in building collapse in Old Havana

“Cousin, just send me 700 dollars”: the audio of a relative in Cuba asking for money that is setting social media ablaze

Neighbors and workers gather debris from the three houses devastated by fire in San Germán, Holguín

New Draft Housing Law in Cuba: What Changes?

Video of "realtor in Cuba" selling a house sparks laughter on social media: "If you were here, you’d be a billionaire by now."

"We fear for our lives": Residents of Santiago de Cuba report deterioration of the stairs in their building

The Cuban government will charge up to 20% of the salary for those receiving state housing: Payments would be made over 30 years

The government delivers 15 houses made from shipping containers to hurricane victims in Guantánamo

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

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

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

Container houses in Cuba: State media boasts about the regime's latest "miracle" in housing

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

A Cuban returns from the U.S. to live in Cuba and this is how she is renovating her house on the island: "I am happy to be back."

Cuban mother denounces government neglect after Hurricane Melissa: "We are living outdoors."

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

Fire in an elevator shaft causes 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 housing in Guantánamo

Santiago has 6,000 cases of damaged homes since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and now it adds another 137,000 due to Melissa

Partial collapse in El Vedado building reignites alarms about the housing crisis in Cuba

Marrero calls to convert 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 only 18 years old! 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 victims of Hurricane Melissa in Holguín

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

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

The Cuban government acknowledges the failure of the program to build homes using shipping containers

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

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

Elder in Santiago de Cuba loses his home for the second time after Hurricane Melissa

The impact of Melissa has affected more than 95,000 homes in Santiago de Cuba

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

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 child survive under a thatched roof in San Andrés, Holguín."

Elderly woman receives help after living under the remains of her house destroyed by the hurricane in Holguín

A 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 those affected in Santiago de Cuba

Cubans mobilize to assist 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