{"id":197603,"date":"2019-04-27T23:38:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T03:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=197603"},"modified":"2019-04-27T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T03:40:19","slug":"new-regulations-for-the-organization-and-legalization-of-housing-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/society-cuba\/new-regulations-for-the-organization-and-legalization-of-housing-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"New regulations for the organization and legalization of housing in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two new regulations for the organization and legalization of housing in Cuba were published this Friday in the Official Gazette, after approval by the Council of Ministers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The provisions<\/span><\/a>, which will come into effect within a month, will benefit thousands of families who currently live in houses in usufruct or leased from the State, or “who have built without following legal formalities,” the website Cubadebate <\/span>pointed out<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Santiago Herrera, director of Legal Affairs for Housing, said that it is “a contribution to the solution of complex housing problems and the improvement of the housing fund” of the island, through the easing and extension of the policy of transfer of property, “a benefit for those who have been permanent tenants for years.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, according to Cubadebate, “the powers of local governments are made more flexible to provide, through their agreements and prior preparation, the delivery, recognition or granting of housing, rooms, accessories and premises that today are inhabited by people in usufruct. “<\/span><\/p>\n

A first agreement of the Council of Ministers, the 8574, must be executed in a period of six years from its entry into force and will allow permanent usufructuaries and tenants of housing or state premises adapted as such, to take ownership of these through procedures established by the regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who have carried out construction actions in these homes without the corresponding permits, may also benefit, provided they comply with “the territorial and urban regulations and the construction regulations.” Otherwise, they will not be legalized.<\/span><\/p>\n

The same happens with the houses still under construction.<\/span><\/p>\n

The transfer of property does not include linked dwellings, known as basic means, which are the property of organizations or enterprises, and are not part of those that the State leases.<\/span><\/p>\n

El problema de la vivienda en Cuba, bloque a bloque<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n