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Havana boasts its first two modular homes as Cuba’s capital disintegrates
Officials said the pilot program could speed up housing for families displaced by collapses and extreme weather as Cuba faces a deficit of more than 800,000 homes.
- Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz unveiled Havana's first two modular homes this weekend, constructed from repurposed shipping containers to address the capital's severe housing decay.
- Officials report a national deficit of more than 800,000 homes, with nearly 40% of the island's 3.9 million residences in fair or poor condition due to deep economic crisis and lack of maintenance.
- Yurieska Artunet Mart, a 29-year-old beautician, shelters her three children in a disintegrating historic building where plaster falls from the ceiling onto their bed while they sleep.
- Delilah, housing director general at Cuba's Ministry of Construction, said more than 2,000 containers were approved for conversion, with crews building units in one month using Revolutionary Armed Forces technologies.
- Prime Minister Marrero Cruz acknowledged this weekend the program is not moving at desired pace, yet the government continues acquiring containers to assist those displaced by structural collapses.
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Havana boasts its first two modular homes as Cuba's capital disintegrates
Cuba has unveiled Havana’s first two modular homes using repurposed shipping containers. It's a critical step in a capital where once-majestic residences are collapsing.
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