Couple stands on the street with their baby due to the imminent collapse of their home in Old Havana

A family residing in Old Havana has stood on the sidewalk with their baby and part of their belongings since this Friday morning, to protest the imminent collapse of their home.

According to the report received in our editorial office, the events are taking place on Aguiar Street between Chacón and Cuarteles.

The head of the Cuba and Chacón police station and other police authorities have gone to the place and are pressuring them to abandon their protest.

Access to the street has been cut off and some neighbors have approached the vicinity of the property, which is in very poor construction conditions.

In recent months, it has become increasingly common for people affected by landslides or threats of landslides in Havanatake your belongings to the streets as a form of protest.

At the end of July, several families stood with their belongings on the ground floor of a building that partially collapsed on Monte Street no. 57, between Agramontes and Cárdenas, also in Old Havana. In that case, after several days spending the night in the portal, the police ended up evicting them.

Another case was that oftwo women who in March stood with their things in the vicinity of the “El Venus” shelter, at 559 Zulueta Street between Corrales and Monte, also in Old Havana, to demand housing from the authorities.

The situation described is not an isolated case on the Island, whereThere is a deficit of more than 900 thousand homes, of which about 527 thousand must be built and another 402 thousand rehabilitated, according to statements by the general director of Housing, Vivian Rodríguez.

The serious housing crisis that the Island suffers often leaves testimonies of the thousands ofCubans who live in buildings in deplorable conditions, some even declared uninhabitable due to a high risk of collapse.