Housing Problems in Cuba

The government hands over 15 homes made from shipping containers to hurricane victims in Guantánamo

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

Cuban woman returns from the U.S. shows the remodeling 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 verge of collapse

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

Container houses in Cuba: State-run 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 have come back."

Cuban mother denounces state abandonment after the passage of Hurricane Melissa: "We are living in the open"

Government orders the demolition 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 cost 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 adds another 137,000 due to Melissa

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

Marrero urges the conversion of more containers into houses to address the housing crisis in Cuba

Containers as an “immediate” solution: Government to accelerate 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 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 shelter

Cubans sift through the ruins of the building that collapsed and killed a mother and her son: "It’s a matter of 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 family in Santiago de Cuba who purchased 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 damage cases 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”

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."

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 $50,000 to victims in Santiago de Cuba

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

An economist warns that financial vulnerability worsens the tragedy for those affected by Hurricane Melissa in Cuba

“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" hurricane Melissa victims with materials at half price

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

Radio journalist from Santiago de Cuba injured after his home collapsed 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 taking shelter 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 woman lives in Cuba: she shows how her dream house is coming together on the island

"Everything collapsed": 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 inconsolable faces

"Don't underestimate the wind": Guantanamo architect warns which houses won't 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, shut the ground floors and brace for the worst

Fire breaks out in building in Centro Habana

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

Slow progress and limited information regarding 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: 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"